Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media: The Knol Mystery
- Silicon Alley Insider posts asking why Knol, Google's Wikipedia-ish content service, still survives while many of Google's experiments and acquisitions have fallen by the wayside. I think there are two ways to answer to this question. The first is: the only thing that has surprised Google in the past few years has been Wikipedia. Who would have thought that a single site would end up appearing on a huge fraction of search result pages (I can't find an exact statistic on this, even using Google...). The second answer, relating to the persistance of the project, is to do with focus. There are many projects within Microsoft which are (or have been) considered core strategic plays and thus have had consistent investment because a results has to be delivered. Today's trial-by-fire, show-me-the-numbers, has-to-be-measurable approach to innovation is quite alright, but sometimes the (top down) knowledge and intuition of the leader(s) must be heard! Perhaps there is a kill Wikipedia mandate at Google?
The Gavel » Blog Archive » The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Posted Online
- The Rules Committee has posted The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 online. The bill will be formally introduced on Monday, January 26th. Read the legislation (.pdf)>>
Obama’s Broadband Snub Wasn’t A Message
During his weekly radio address, President Barack Obama offered some specifics about his economic stimulus plan, but none related to the $6 billion allocated for broadband as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009. PCWorld calls attention to that oversight, but they need to relax. There are plenty of details related to broadband in the stimulus package that will be formally introduced Monday.
newlight : Dan Chung 的2008年中国回顾 - 一五一十部落 | My1510
- Dan Chung 是典型的新闻摄影师，走到哪里都挎着两个单反数码相机。在拿到了新玩具 Canon EOS5D MkII 之后，又开始利用这台相机的摄像功能为《卫报》网站拍摄短纪录片式的视频，包括这段《北京篮球梦》(Beijing Hoop Dreams)，英文版在《卫报》网站上可以看到，以下是中文版：
The Invoice Machine | Online Invoicing Made Beautiful
can dnp use this API to plugin?
Face to Face: Alan Kay Still Waiting for the Revolution | Scholastic.com
- Since inventing much of the technology behind personal computing in the late 1960s, Alan Kay has dedicated his work to developing better learning environments for children. Now a senior researcher at HP and the president of Viewpoints Research Institute, Kay is launching Squeak, a multimedia authoring tool that allows children to construct dynamic simulations of real-world phenomena. We spoke with him about the unfulfilled promise of technology in schools—and about what computers have in common with pianos.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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