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Yearly Archives: 2006
Amazon over-automating
Amazon surprised me with a recommendation today: The Original And Institution of Civil Government, Discuss’d (Ams Studies in the Eighteenth Century) (Hardcover) by Benjamin Hoadly (Author), William Gibson (Author) This is probably because I’m a William Gibson fan. However, I’m … Continue reading
Voodoo^H^H^H^H^H^H Nomad Economics
I discovered an interesting innovation in economic theory today, called Nomad Economics. I’ve always felt that the market acting as an aggregate of individuals–the “invisible hand” setting prices–is pretty amazing. It can be a hyper-efficient tool for simultaneously setting value … Continue reading
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Steve Yegge speaks truth to power
Steve Yegge posted a wonderful rant on the evils and power of Javascript as channeled through DHTML. For anyone who cares about rich applications in a multi-platform web–and all the associated nightmares, challenges, and unnecessary nasties–it is worth reading.
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Search Engine Watch looks at Ask.com’s Smart Answers
Brian Smith kicks off a series over at Search Engine Watch looking at how Ask, Yahoo!, Google, and Microsoft are providing bonus, focused, “added-value” search results. First up: Ask’s Smart Answers. Basically, Ask uses a handful of trigger words and … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman has a blog
I just discovered that one of my favorite authors blogs. I love it.
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Thinking about Complex Searches
Google and Yahoo! are part of a thriving industry that provides billions of dollars in real value. Yet in The Search John Batelle and Udi Manber suggest that Search is only about 5% invented. Bill Gross, inventor of the Pay-Per-Click … Continue reading
Attention Ownership
Doc Searls replied to my comments about Attention and the AttentionTrust: We also tend to feel we own whatever parts of the world serve as extensions of ourselves. Yet, just because we feel that we own it, doesn’t make it … Continue reading
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Attention v Intention
There’s a lot going on at the moment about Attention and Intention, and with all due respect to the Attention folks, I think you guys got it wrong. Steve Gillmor and the Attention Gang have launched the Attention Trust and … Continue reading
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Let’s get started.
Thanks to some prompting from Doc Searls, I’m joining the blogoverse, which definitely seems to be more fun than the blogosphere. I can’t say how things will evolve here, but I’m looking forward to it.
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