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Information technology

Strict When Sending, Lenient When Receiving: Postel's Law

How did the early internet keep working despite small differences between implementations? This article covers where Postel's Law (the Robustness Principle) came from, why it matte

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Business administration

Does Going First Win? First-Mover Advantage

First-mover advantage is the edge a company gains by entering a market before anyone else. We look at where that edge comes from, the costs pioneers pay, what historical research r

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Film & media

The Sound That Rings Inside the Screen: Diegetic Sound

Diegetic sound is sound whose source we accept as being inside the story world, like dialogue, footsteps, or a radio in the scene, while non-diegetic sound such as background music

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Earth science

The Westerlies: What They Are and How They Affect Korea

The westerlies are strong winds that blow from west to east across the Earth's mid-latitudes and have a major influence on climate and weather. This article covers how the westerli

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Chemistry

Why Ice Forms Later: Freezing Point Depression

Freezing point depression is the lowering of a liquid’s freezing temperature when other substances are dissolved in it. We look at why dissolved particles slow ice formation, why t

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Film & media

The Power of Editing to Create Emotion: The Kuleshov Effect

The Kuleshov Effect is the phenomenon in which viewers create new meaning and emotion on their own when the same shot is joined to different shots. This article covers the concept

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Library & information science

KORMARC (Korean Machine-Readable Cataloging) Tag Reference

This time, I would like to write about MARC, which is used in libraries. MARC and cataloging cover such an extensive range of material that I plan to divide the discussion into sev