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Yoda: Human Workers Racked & Stacked – And Fooling Search Engines

Human Workers, Managed by an Algorithm Foreign recruits are the newest cogs in the crowdsourcing machine. Antonio Regalado MIT  Technology Review, Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Stephanie Hamilton is part of something larger than herself. She’s part of a computer program. The 38-year-old resident of Kingston, Jamaica, recently began performing small tasks assigned to her by …

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Worth a Look: Free Internet Search & Research Tools

Home Page   Search Engines Kid Friendly and Educational Search Engines Meta & Mega Search Tools Phone Number, People and Company Finders Social Media and Real-Time Search and Collaboration Tools Video/Multimedia Deep Web and Specialty Research Tools Username Search Maps/Geographic/Transportation Useful Web Sites, Tools and Documents Proxy Servers, Online Privacy and Security Tools News Image …

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Stephen E. Arnold: Search Wizards Speak 2008-2011

Search Wizards Speak Conference presentations about search and retrieval, text mining, and content processing are often little more than sales pitches. In the last 30 years, I’ve met a number of people who have made significant contributions to information retrieval. What I want to do is periodically interview some of the more interesting “search wizards”. …

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Howard Rheingold: Discovery Engines Trying–and Failing

Infotention “Managing attention & information” Created and curated by Howard Rheingold Discovery Engines: Policing The Riot Of Information Overload | Fast Company Taming this torrent into something manageable and highly relevant is increasingly seen as the key for Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and any other chaotic content network looking to realize monster revenue. That explains why …

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