How can you do effective Deep Research online? There are a few things you need to know. Tip one: you can direct the AI to search for highly credible content. Keep searching, my friends. #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/11/sear...

A great tip for reading and understanding texts more deeply. Here's a great way to get the inside meaning of obscure words and phrases... searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/10/sear... #searchresearch #thejoyofsearch

If you enjoy my weekly #SearchResearch posts, you probably want to know that SRS is going to shift a bit--not so many tips and tricks, but more deep online research lessons and sensemaking skills. Enjoy the new SRS! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/10/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

An answer to how can the same organism look so different! Much more common than you might have thought. Learn how (and learn how to find out). searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/10/answ... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

How can animals be so different within a single species? Biologists have confused two different forms as separate species...but how does this happen? That's the Challenge this week. Can you help us figure it out? searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/10/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

And the answer to last week's Challenge about greenhouses, robots, and vertical farming. Pro tip: learn to iterate on your queries (and your prompts) for efficient researching. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/10/answ... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

Greenhouses? They're so ordinary, but what's growing in them? Why so many? Come join the #SearchResearch Challenge and see what you can learn about them. #TheJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/09/sear...

Today's #SearchResearch post is about setting up AI-powered summaries of news you need to know (on the topic of your choosing). Read how to do it! No-code. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/09/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch

Finding 19th century immersive technology takes a bit of ingenuity. Find out how we found a complete AR system from the 1800s. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/09/answ... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

I used NotebookLM to make an overview video of one of my #SearchResearch blog posts. Happy to report it did a really good job. Check it out on the link below. Is there a way you might use this in your educational journey? #TheJoyofSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-sh...

Even in the AI age, we still need to keep up our basic online research skills. Stretch yourself a bit--can you find out what this particular kind of artwork is called, and whether or not you can still see one near you? searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/09/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

When you need to learn something quickly (and accurately), try using NotebookLM as an autodidactic aid. Learn how to power up your learning. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/08/answ... #theJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

Part 2 of our series--Methods to learn something rapidly. Chatbots to teach you a specific topic can be remarkable. Try it out! #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/08/answ...

There are lots of ways to power-up your learning with modern search and AI methods. Here's part 1 of a series of posts about how you can target your personal learning more effectively. #theJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/08/answ...

What do you do when you need to learn something about a topic as quickly as possible? What methods do you use? That's the point of this week's #SearchResearch Challenge. Tell us what you do, and I'll summarize next week. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/08/sear... #theJoyOfSearch

This week's answer: You can use an LLM to answer the Challenge, but there are still reasons to know how to do the search on your own. #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/07/answ...

Why would a government hire people to go around and smell for illicit *coffee roasting*? Was that a real thing? Hone your #SearchResearch skills with us. Let us know what you found in your searches! #theJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/07/sear...

When / why do you use a search engine vs. ask an AI? Here's the advice I'd give to students. TLDR- looking for factoids? Search engine. Longer analysis synthesis questions: Ask an AI. But read the post for full details. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/07/answ... #theJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

This week in #SearchResearch: How do you know when an LLM will give you a decent answer? (At least, when do you BELIEVE that the response is credible?) If you're gonna use the tools, you should know what they can/cannot do! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/07/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch

This week in #SearchResearch: How do you know when an LLM will give you a decent answer? (At least, when do you BELIEVE that the response is credible?) If you're gonna use the tools, you should know what they can/cannot do! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/07/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch

Answer to Zürich Mysteries post. TLDR (written by a human): be very aware of the biases you bake into your queries (or the questions you pose to an LLM). Even when the results are good, they can be unconsciously biased! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/07/answ... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

Returning from Zürich with new #SearchResearch Challenges. Can you answer these Züricher mysteries? Let us know what you find! #TheJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/06/sear...

What's a general strategy for finding stories about a particular place? Last week I asked about how-to-find stories of Rosamond Lake in California. Here's what I did to find some great stories. #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/06/answ...

A fun #SearchResearch Challenge this week -- Rosamond Lake -- what's the story there? (Every place has a story.) Can you find it? searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/05/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch

How good is AI at writing summaries of technical papers? A: Not bad--much better than I thought (especially if you have a decent prompt). For details, check out this week in #SearchResearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/05/answ... #TheJoyofSearch

If you find yourself in Vienna on the lovely spring afternoon of May 30th, I'll be giving a talk at the University of Vienna at 3:00 PM. I'll do a retrospective look at doing UX Research into AI systems, something I've done for basically my entire career! informatik.univie.ac.at/en/news-even...

Ever tried to get an AI to draw a diagram for you? Turns out they're terrible at it. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/05/spec... Not just bad, but truly, horrifically, brazenly, and spectacularly wrong. #SearchResearch AI artwork (like corgi sushi houses) are amazing, but a diagram? Forget it.

If you find yourself in Copenhagen tomorrow, I'll be giving a talk at the Pioneer AI Centre at 14:00. Details here. www.aicentre.dk/events/talk-... Stop by and say hi! #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

How good are those AI summaries of long texts anyway? A LOT of the cases are to take long texts and convert them to shorter texts. We ask "how well is that working out for you?" Join us this week as we swap stories of AI summaries! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/05/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch

Last week we asked about finding what a "lemon growing inside a lemon" could be about. Now we have the answers. Find out how we found out! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/04/answ... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

A classic #SearchResearch Challenge this week: Did you know some lemons can be doubled? That is, a perfect lemon can grow inside of the out lemon? What's that called, and when was it first written about? Join the search! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/04/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch

Answer to last week's Challenge: NO! You should NOT trust the results that "internet connected" LLMs give you. Mass hallucinations are still a huge problem. #SearchResearch #TheJoyOfSearch Check out the post for details: searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/04/answ...

If LLMs can access the web in an agent-like way, then asking them to give links to the most recent posts of a blog should be easy-peasy simple, right? That's the Challenge this week: Make it so. #SearchResearch #TheJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/04/sear...

What's the tradeoff between regular search engine search and AI question-asking? How much do you think AIs hallucinate? Metrics all say things are improving, in day-to-day, maybe not so much. Be careful. Here's somethings for you to know searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/03/answ... #theJoyOfSearch

Should you use image search or multimodal AI to answer your "what's in this image?" questions? Understanding which method works best (along with when and how) are the keys to this week's Challenge. Do you know? #SearchResearch #TheJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/03/sear...

A small celebration today as #SearchResearch reached more than 5 million blog views since day 1. Hurrah! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

An answer to last week's #SearchResearch challenge. There IS a plant that can do active mimicry--the big question is HOW? A few thoughts AND an approach to answering such questions. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/03/answ... #TheJoyOfSearch

A classic #SearchResearch question: Can a plant mimic another plant? If so, how does that happen? #TheJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/03/sear...

An answer to last week's #SearchResearch Challenge--the good and bad of asking an AI to analyze your image. TLDR--they're not bad, but like all AI's, vigilance is constantly required because hallucination never sleeps. #TheJoyofSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/02/answ...

In #SearchResearch we consider what the limits of asking multimodal AIs about images are. What kinds of questions can you ask, which are beyond their ability, and how do you know the answer is correct? Details next week in the response! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/02/sear... #TheJoyofSearch

This week's #SearchResearch takes Google's NotebookLM out for a research-y spin. TLDR: Works pretty well! Especially if you know a bit about how it works and how to use it effectively. (No surprise: A little knowledge really helps!) #TheJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/02/sear...

A few thoughts about the current crop of Deep Research tools you're seeing. TLDR: they're not as great as you might think, especially when your research questions aren't well formed or are speculative. #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/02/sear...

Should you ask an LLM to identify an image? Not yet! Use regular old Search-by-Image--you'll have much better luck. This week's post shows how badly multi-modal LLMs fail at a basic image identification task. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/01/answ... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

What you find depends TREMENDOUSLY on what tools you use. Find out about how much variation there can be in a very simple #SearchResearch Challenge. Join us in discovering the right, the wrong, and just plain crazy answers you'll get. #TheJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/01/sear...

The answer to "earliest photo on Cozumel" has a huge surprise in it! Do you believe that the Mayans invented photography 1000 years ago? Here's how to get to the root of the question--join the search! searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/01/answ... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

Simple questions sometimes require sophisticated discernment in your online research. Here's one such example--"What's the oldest photo taken on Cozumel?" Can you figure it out? searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/01/sear... #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch

Part 3 of #SearchResearch comparing different "deep research" tools-as you might expect, they're very different in their abilities. People still need to ride herd on these things. They're improving rapidly, but still make silly mistakes. searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2025/01/answ... #TheJoyOfSearch

More about using LLMs to dig deeply into research questions. TLDR - they vary in the breadth and quality of the results they give. You need to be an informed user of the LLMs. Here's another bit of comparison data for you #TheJoyOfSearch #SearchResearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2024/12/answ...

Part 1 of the answer to last week's #SearchResearch Challenge (about how to discover the most interesting things going on in a region. This post:image analysis and time-lapse. Next post--asking environmental questions on a broader scale #TheJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2024/12/answ...

This week in #SearchResearch asks about how you approach an analysis problem: How do you figure out what's most important in a complex topic? How do you start an open-ended research like this? Join us in #TheJoyOfSearch searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2024/12/sear...