When searching, I am always interested to see who is paying for the sponsored ads for my query. A while back I searched for some information on the Cory Lidle plane crash and was completely surprised to see iVillage and the New York Times paying for my attention:
My initial assumption was that most people today [...]
It is a sad day for DJs and electronic music producers. The website of Watts Music, America’s largest distributor of dance vinyl, has announced it is officially closed for business. Most people have never heard of Watts, even if they are a DJ, but they have been directly responsible for moving tons and tons of [...]
There is a trend in recommender systems that I think is extremely interesting: systems are starting to explain themselves. The first place I noticed this was at Amazon in their personal recommendations section, at the bottom of a given suggestion:
In this case, Amazon recommended Moon Palace because I had rated another book by Paul Auster. [...]
I received a strange email this morning, addressed to my blogdex email address which has nothing to do with Flickr, but exceptionally high SpamRank:
From: Dee (Barry@nishikoi.com)
To: blogdex@media.mit.edu
Subject: question about your photo
I’ve accidently found your photo at a flickr and i’m very
interested in it.
Can you tell me what place i can see in the background of
it?
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wbr, [...]