Comments on: drowning in data http://imprompt.us/2004/drowning-in-data/ Computer Science and Teaching and Other Ancillary Things Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:23:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Paul_Berry http://imprompt.us/2004/drowning-in-data/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Paul_Berry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://imprompt.us/2004/drowning-in-data/#comment-63 <p>I get really excited about computer technologies that attempt to filter information by taking advantage of the vast number of minds taking part in the internet. Google is one such example (part of its algorithm for finding relevant web pages is based on the implicit approval that people bestow on web pages by linking to them). The slashdot moderation system is another (it finds interesting/funny/useful comments by aggregating the opinions of thousands of readers). Another example is Amazon.com's "customers who bought this title also bought" feature (it uses the buying habits of many users to make a recommendation that's personally relevant to a single person).</p> I get really excited about computer technologies that attempt to filter information by taking advantage of the vast number of minds taking part in the internet. Google is one such example (part of its algorithm for finding relevant web pages is based on the implicit approval that people bestow on web pages by linking to them). The slashdot moderation system is another (it finds interesting/funny/useful comments by aggregating the opinions of thousands of readers). Another example is Amazon.com’s “customers who bought this title also bought” feature (it uses the buying habits of many users to make a recommendation that’s personally relevant to a single person).

]]> By: mphair http://imprompt.us/2004/drowning-in-data/comment-page-1/#comment-64 mphair Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://imprompt.us/2004/drowning-in-data/#comment-64 <p>http://haystack.lcs.mit.edu/home.html</p><p>MIT had something going with Haystack, but it looks like they havent touched it in awhile, and it is slower than... well, slow.</p> http://haystack.lcs.mit.edu/home.html

MIT had something going with Haystack, but it looks like they havent touched it in awhile, and it is slower than… well, slow.

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