Search

July 31, 2008 Development, Random No Comments

Google has been the big daddy of search for a long time, is it because it provides the best search or is it because it was in the right place at the right time.  Now everyone has it as their homepage, and seeing results laid out differently is just odd.  It may not be the best but why leave, there’s a mental overhead (no matter how small) which just keeps people doing the same thing.

I’ve tried, I used Exalead for quite a while  but just found that google did give me the results I wanted, although I do still use it from time to time.  Usually to give me a fresh perspective. It’s like asking different people for advice.

Cuil was launched this week, and sees to have had a good kicking in the press, again, it didn’t give me the results I wanted (is that my fault or theirs?)

After the news of Cuil I was True Knowledge which worried me as I’d been less than I’m pressed with Cuil, but then the purpose is different, it’s not trying to compete on search but on answering questions, and that sounds brilliant. This could be another leap in knowledge evolution.

As long as they have a way to update their facts, I mean when scientists realise that the earth isn’t flat, and the solar system doesn’t revolve around the earth, there will be some important facts to change- 13 things that don’t make sense.

Personal MBA site update

July 24, 2008 Books, Strategy 1 Comment

It’s been a couple of months since my last post, which I guess I blog years is a long time! It’s been pretty hectic really, and still is.

But I had to come online to say that Josh Kaufman, The Personal MBA  has updated it’s reading list for 2008.
I think a nice addition would be to say what’s changed and why, which I couldn’t see immediately when I looked through the list earlier. All the ones in my ‘still to read’ stack are still in there, but will probably remain unread until, well, until I get them out of storage! Ain’t moving house brilliant.