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October 22nd, 2010

Letter from Botswana: “Seeing my work from a different angle”

Here at Topicmarks, we love getting feedback from all over the world. This week, an anonymous user from Botswana writes us that they use Topicmarks effectively to challenge their own thinking:

“[Topicmarks] helps me appreciate my work from a different angle. Sometimes I tend to miss out what other people see as significant.”

“The primary benefit is rethinking the way in which I develop abstracts and summaries for my research essays.”

“I think that students, academics and researchers writing long essays would benefit most by using Topicmarks.”

Have you got anything to add? Do you use Topicmarks for the same, or for a completely different purpose?

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October 16th, 2010

Use perfect summaries to impress your boss

Being good at summarizing is a key skill in today’s job market. Witness Guy Kawasaki, one of the most influential people in Silicon Valley:

“If schools just taught every student to communicate in five sentence emails, business would be much better off. No one wants to read War and Peace emails – who has the time?”

This is why using Topicmarks can impress your boss. Just run your draft email through Topicmarks and you can send your boss the key points only, while still having all backup information at hand. Your boss will love you for being to the point!

Still looking for a job? Then use Topicmarks to create a summary of your CV. It will help you bring across the key points in your cover letter and in your interviews. Good luck!

September 2nd, 2010

Teacher grades Topicmarks summary highest among students’

Jijin from China found that Topicmarks produces better summaries than any of his classmates.

“I was very happy to receive this summary. My teacher tells me that among all the students, my summary is the best one.”

It is great to see that Topicmarks is helping so many students in the classroom. If even teachers grade Topicmarks summaries better, why would anyone still bother to skim a document without it?

August 15th, 2010

User feedback of the week: “Freedom from worrying about my child’s school projects”

Lots of new feedback on Topicmarks this week, and as the “back-to-school” season comes up, so students and parents are looking into Topicmarks as a learning tool.

JRT from Quezon City (Manila, Philippines) discovered Topicmarks through Google. “I feel I cannot find another website as good as Topicmarks […] It gave me freedom from worrying about my child’s school projects […] in English.”

In this world of global information, being able to digest English texts efficiently is a crucial skill for students of any age. We are delighted that so many are finding Topicmarks useful in their education!