Weekly Report & Reflection blog post #4

Hello Everyone,

This week has been a challenge for me, as I was sick due to the flu that has been making it way around to town and I had to finish a big project for work. However, let’s forget the boring small talk, this week like every other week was an eye opener. As an aspiring CPA working in an accounting firm I regularly take parts in different audits, and I constantly use certain websites to assist me with my audits. Finding these sites was a hassle to begin with and I don’t look forward to finding them again on a different computer. Diigo is really going to allow me to organize my content in an effective manner and will allow me to access the content on any device. Besides bookmarking and tagging, I really find the highlighting is a really tool helpful as it will now allow me to highlight important accounting guidelines that I use on a regular bias during audits. The screenshot below shows the bookmark I have added so far.



Shah, K (CC) 2016

Personally, I think the use of curation tools can be best utilized for research as for me research can is an extremely boring process and I will gladly use any tool that will make my work easier. As I have mentioned in my earlier blogs earlier I am planning a nine-month trip to Asia and I am planning to live on a shoestring budget during that trip. So tools such as this will help me in my research for my trip and will definitely be an integral part of my PLE as it will help me in other endeavors.

Another thing I learned in this session was the TRASH method, the internet is filled with so much so-called “trash” that it the aforementioned method is a necessity. After reading the TRASH method, I noted that I have been subconsciously using this method all the time. As a final year student, I have written my fair share of papers and it is absolutely necessary for a student that we can short out the “trash” (I really want to use a different word here I need to keep this blog professional).

This week on my RSS feed in keeping up with the spirit of the big game, I read a weird article about serving wine like a pro during Super bowl. Even as a wine lover I thought this article was a bit off, what person in his/her right mind would drink wine during a Super bowl game. Super bowl as we all know is the unofficial beer and chicken wing day. There is a reason that beer companies pay millions of dollars to broadcast their commercials during the game. All personal feelings and bias aside, yes I did find the article interesting  as it does effectively explain how to pair wine with food served on Super bowl. Food served during the big game lacks the subtlety of flavor and is often like a punch to your taste buds so pairing wine with that is difficult, to say the least (Click here for the article).

That’s all for today Folks,

Till next time.