BurningbirdFeedster released its own version of a link ranking system, Feedster 500. It matches previous lists, but also has a number of surprises. Unlike other lists, or even link aggregators, Feedster has been very forthcoming about how it derives its list and, more importantly, how it finds the incoming links it uses as the key component […]
The rains finally came this last weekend. They blew in strongly on Saturday and took out the power for half the city, but I don’t think anyone minded. I did lose my internet for several hours on Sunday. When I called in, I finally got through to a lovely woman with a charming Kentucky accent […]
This is a real red letter day. It’s a day when I come out in defense of a Tim O’Reilly event, rather than the opposite. I’m sure it will be appreciated about as much as my criticism, which is to say not. Regardless, it is the fair thing to do. The event is Foo Camp, and […]
A: “I want to have a frank discussion.” B: “I’m game.” C: “Me, too.” D: “That’s what’s great about this environment–the honesty and openness.” E: “Whatever you want to talk about, I’m cool.” F: “Yo!” A: “Well, the software I’m using is pretty good, but the license says I can’t help a friend […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Algorithms are big business. Recently I’ve seen several jobs where the company wants someone who is “…good with algorithms”. Microsoft is competing with Google is competing with Yahoo to hire the best algorithm wranglers (which evidently, according to the article, does not mean women). IBM is releasing it’s unstructured data architecture (UIMA), including it’s […]