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SingLib: The Remaking of Singapore’s Public Libraries by Hong Xingyi

Because I’ve started writing about the libraries I frequent, I’ve started wondering about some of the changes that I’ve seen – for example, why are the information desks gone? The Remaking of Singapore’s Public Libraries provides an answer to that, and many other, questions as it tells the “story of how “Singapore’s public libraries have… Read More SingLib: The Remaking of Singapore’s Public Libraries by Hong Xingyi

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Your Reading Speed is NOT Related to Your Reading Quality

The alternative title for this was “Reading slow does not mean reading better”, but I don’t have anything against ‘slow readers’ (how do you even categorise reading speeds anyway?) and I thought that the title above was a bit more unwieldy but accurate. The inspiration for this post came from this BookRiot post titled “Why… Read More Your Reading Speed is NOT Related to Your Reading Quality

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LikeWar by P.W. Singer

This is another one of the books that’s been on the TBR list for some time. While it’s not related to the overuse of social media, I thought it would be interesting to read about how social media is being used as “weapons”. LikeWar argues that social media is being used by various groups to… Read More LikeWar by P.W. Singer