Paul Boutin in the last wired issue proposed four ideas in order to improve today's ultimate tool:google.com. Crawl 'em all Google has 3 billion pages in its database, with AlltheWeb and Inktomi close behind. But there may be a trillion more pages hiding in plain sight - in online databases such as...
(Research) March, 4, 2004: conference at IDI, Ivrea
I attended a conference at the Interaction Design Institute (Ivrea, Italy), we were kind of late but still it was nice to visit the place. John Rheinfrank (USA) Professor Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University / seeSpace llc Chicago, IL, USA Shelley Evenson (USA) Associate Professor ...
Atelier "Formes du Collectif"
Atelier "Formes du Collectif", 2ème Séance. Mardi 23 Mars 2004, de 10h à 17h Lieu : EHESS Matin : salle 524,54 Bd Raspail, 75006 Après-midi : salle 6, 105 Bd Raspail, 75006...
[MyResearch] rss4you analysis
I am preparing the analysis of rss4you.com (a RSS aggregator made by weblogger, only available in french). The idea of this piece of software, apart from the aggregation of posts, is to allow users to rate their blogroll. By doing so, people can know if somebody has a blogroll similar to another an...
[Weird] A chair in switzerland
A nice picture of switzerland (Lausanne): ...
[Research] Pros and Cons of peer to peer based maps
Via purselipsquarejaw(hi anne!): Pros and Cons of peer to peer based maps. Pros, 1. Humans are spatial beings. Even with the world spanning Internet there is still a need for real world data about real world issues. The net has provided a focus on how to enter the computer, but in fact we dont wa...
[Weird] Spam concepts
I received this today in a very smal fontsize: gordon bittern heublein polopony rd insert remus mantel fudge homesick airmass eagle parkish authenticate antipodean jim halve inelastic hamlin gretchen semiramis misanthropic dwarves crete gent greensward recipe sanderling bodleian erie beset entice s...
[Weird] Arm connected to a leg
Via El Mundo: La cirugía, un paso más allá El Centro de Rehabilitación de Levante ha permitido que un brazo amputado se haya mantenido con vida durante nueve días conectando sus venas y arterias con las de una pierna. Después, el brazo fue reimplantado con éxito. (EFE) I also saw on cnn that...
[MyResearch] Human-Computer-Giraffe Interaction!
Apart from the amazing title of this paper (Human-Computer-Giraffe Interaction: HCI in the Field), this is a nice example of using an asynchronous location awareness tool that can support field studies. The work described in this paper concentrates on examining the special needs and environment of ...
[Research] Mapping information and location with RDF
RDFMapper: an RDF-Based Web Mapping Service : RDFMapper is a web service that searches an RDF or RSS file for resources with geographic locations, and returns a map overlayed with dots representing located resources. Clicking on a dot displays a web page representing the clicked resource. (...) The...