Monthly Archives: May 2009

Better Question: Would a Social Media Revolt “Matter” If Nothing Was Remedied?

Ben Parr asks “Why Social Media Revolts Take Place”, and goes through the usual places (crib notes: they do something that seriously cheeses its users, obviously visible in hindsight).  I think the better question is “what would have happened if said sites didn’t cave to their users?”  Hulu, Facebook, Twitter (and, say Digg) all generate [...]

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Twitter As Real Time Search? Very Awesome.

Last morsel of a half baked thought: I know you know, but I wanted to write this down any way.  Twitter as a search for real time events is absolutely unparalleled. For events that are happening right now — as in the past few minutes, hours or even days, there’s nothing that touches it.  You [...]

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WolframAlpha == The Web’s Calculator

Much like everyone else, I had a quick peek at WolframAlpha over this past weekend.
My initial impressions?
With its applied use of the Mathematica engine to the Web’s content and user queries, but needing a human element to gather and curate that database, it feels like a cool new tool that needs a lot of work.
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