How things have changed: I began writing the Journalese blogging software package years ago, partially because I was sick of the Livejournal community and couldn’t find software that met my needs, and partially as a programming exercise. Now, the Journalese package has essentially deprecated itself – it’s a sprawling mess of hacks, kludges, screwups and [...]
If you’re not familiar with Flickr, you should check it out. It’s a photo community that allows people to assign keywords (or “tags”) to every photo they post. Flickr keeps track of which tags are closely associated (e.g., 80% of people who have photos tagged “red” also have photos tagged “school”), and when you search [...]
A new toy: the Google Walkabout.
Basically, the Walkabout is a “limited term search” tool. Instead of coming up with searches on your own, you are provided with a series of random terms to “prompt” you. You choose which terms to combine and search on.
I stole the interface from the interactive Johari window at kevan.org. [...]