Archive for May, 2008

Poweset Live – but only on Wikipedia?

Uncategorized on May 13th, 2008 2 Comments

I got an email from Powerset that they are fully live. However, a visit to the site shows that the searches are restricted to Wikipedia only. That’s a complete let down!

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Business Week to Twitter away

Uncategorized on May 8th, 2008 No Comments

Business Week is going to do a story/article as a twitter stream i.e. in 140 character chunks. The interesting part of the experiment being that the writer Stephen Baker will developĀ  the story based on the responses to each tweet. Business week to twitter away

“Googley” design

Uncategorized on May 1st, 2008 No Comments

The folks at Google have a great note today about what they focus on in terms of design principles. Here are the takeaways I especially liked from their list: Googleys according to Searchyogi 1. Simplicity is powerful. 2. Design for the world. 3. Delight the eye without distracting the mind. 4. Engage beginners and attract [...]

Kingmaker

Uncategorized on May 1st, 2008 No Comments

Look at Mike Arrington’s picture – As featured in Time Top 100. Nothing like having the smug look and gloating over being a king maker!

Robert Scoble and RSS feeds

Uncategorized on May 1st, 2008 2 Comments

I have spoken about information overload in couple of other posts. Robert Scoble’s RSS feed page has the following note on it: I’m a tech geek blogger who reads hundreds of feeds every night from around the tech world. I pick the best items for you from about 800 feeds and try to get interviews [...]