April 12, 2007 – 11:02 am
From goodreads: “Most book recommendation websites work by listing random people’s reviews. On Goodreads, when a person adds a book to the site, all their friends can see what they thought of it. It’s common sense. People are more likely to get excited about a book their friend recommends than a suggestion from a stranger.” [...]
February 8, 2007 – 01:36 pm
From 6 Startup Lessons For The Year 2007: “Startups have been multiplying like rabbits over the past three years. Due to the added competition, many startups are beginning to narrow their focus to a much smaller demographic. The year 2007 will mark the transition from startups aiming for the mainstream markets to specialists intensely focused [...]
September 20, 2006 – 11:35 am
From The Mu Life: “A meta-utopia, at least for the purposes of this article, is a state where every piece of information has exhaustive, reliable (accurate), and (if possible) standardized meta-data attached to it. Ultimately, reliable meta-data can be a powerful tool for refining search queries. In a meta-utopia, a user would not have to [...]
The EirePreneur, one of my favorite bloggers from Ireland, conducted an interesting investigation in his post, “How Social Bookmarking can lead to the Semantic Web.” As he writes, “I decided to test what intelligence might be evident in the del.icio.us social bookmarking service.” From Steven Pinker (who I hate) to Steven Johnson (whose Emergence I [...]
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