Looks like there’s been an update to the Google Email Update application. I’m now getting about 20x the volume for a series of terms that I track. The system seems to be much more responsive to actual updates on the web. In the past I would actually question whether the system was working. I’m curious [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Google and YouTube, a marriage of necessity
It would appear that Google paid a huge price for a small company that doesn’t make any money. It makes you wonder what’s going on here. There were some hints that YouTube had technology for detecting copyrighted works coming out, but I’m sure that’s not worth $1.6B. YouTube has a huge user base, but that’s [...]
Installing Fedora Core 5
I’ve upgraded my laptop to use FC5. Only took a couple of tries to get it to go through. The main issue is with the CD Handling. Once you’ve picked your packages there’s no way to adjust if there is a problem with the cd. My initial install was going to just be a absolute [...]
Webapp or Thick Client?
This question seems to be one of the leading questions in software development right now. Whether to go with the classic software style of a thick client that is downloaded onto the customers computer or to go with a Webapp that is hosted centrally. With the launch of Google’s Docs and Spreadsheets the competing methodologies [...]
More Personalization
To add a few more thoughts to the area of personalization, I think it’s going to be really interesting to see how different algorithms shake out. There have been all sorts of different approaches taken, a lot of false starts. The focus happens to be primarily centered in the area of search, trying to figure [...]
Eclipse Issues
Today my linux thinkpad gave up the ghost. Eclipse just decided that it didn’t want to run anymore. Continually crashing, usually during file access, to the point where it wouldn’t run more than 5-15mins. This just isn’t acceptable for a work computer. This lead me to spend the day digging through the eclipse bug reports [...]
Personalization
Netflix has an interesting little contest going on. The goal is to improve their cinematch software for making movie recommendations by 10%. The prize for winning the contest is $1M. I’ve been working on personalization software for awhile now with my CloudGrove personal search engine. Now I’m looking forward to taking a look at the [...]