1. National Geographic - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ - A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration, with amazing stories and photography.
2. Quote DB - http://www.quotedb.com/ - This database is full of great quotations for any occassion.
3. Cafepress - http://www.cafepress.com - CafePress.com is an online retailer that produces and dispatches user-customized products on demand. Opening and operating a basic CafePress shop is free.
4. Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org - Nonprofit organisation established to preserve Web sites by taking regular "snapshots". The Wayback Machine provides links to older versions of a webpage.
5. Blogger - http://www.blogger.com - Free weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video. In fact, you're using a site created by Blogger right now - this one!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Powerset vs. Google - the future of search?
Powerset is an attempt at creating a next-generation search engine, attempting to enable computers to understand searches in more natural language.
Powerset’s goal is to change the way people interact with technology by
enabling computers to understand our language. While this is a difficult
challenge, we believe that now is the right time to begin the journey. Powerset
is first applying its natural language processing to search, aiming to improve
the way we find information by unlocking the meaning encoded in ordinary human
language.
Powerset’s first product is a search and discovery experience for
Wikipedia, launched in May 2008. Powerset’s technology improves the entire
search process. In the search box, you can express yourself in keywords,
phrases, or simple questions. On the search results page, Powerset gives more
accurate results, often answering questions directly, and aggregates information
from across multiple articles. Finally, Powerset’s technology follows you into
enhanced Wikipedia articles, giving you a better way to quickly digest and
navigate content.
Visit http://www.powerset.com/ and conduct a few searches for yourself. Take a look at their sample searches for ideas on where to begin.
What do you think?
How does it compare to Google?
Do you think the idea of natural language searches is a good one?
Powerset’s goal is to change the way people interact with technology by
enabling computers to understand our language. While this is a difficult
challenge, we believe that now is the right time to begin the journey. Powerset
is first applying its natural language processing to search, aiming to improve
the way we find information by unlocking the meaning encoded in ordinary human
language.
Powerset’s first product is a search and discovery experience for
Wikipedia, launched in May 2008. Powerset’s technology improves the entire
search process. In the search box, you can express yourself in keywords,
phrases, or simple questions. On the search results page, Powerset gives more
accurate results, often answering questions directly, and aggregates information
from across multiple articles. Finally, Powerset’s technology follows you into
enhanced Wikipedia articles, giving you a better way to quickly digest and
navigate content.
Visit http://www.powerset.com/ and conduct a few searches for yourself. Take a look at their sample searches for ideas on where to begin.
What do you think?
How does it compare to Google?
Do you think the idea of natural language searches is a good one?
How to find images on the Internet
Check out this very thorough page of resources for finding images on the Internet. Many of these images, such as Creative Commons licensees, are copyright-free and can be used however you like.
http://randomknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/how-to-find-images-on-the-internet/
http://randomknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/how-to-find-images-on-the-internet/
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