Powerset is not on Wikipedia! I thought Wikipedia had the answer to everything, no? So with no Wikipedia entry, then Powerset must be, what, made-up? In fact some might claim exactly that…
But not so, and I can prove it with my new account on PowerLabs! PowerLabs is a collection of demos of Powerset’s technology using natural language to power search. I have only briefly explored it so far, but it led me to discover that there is no Wikipedia entry for Powerset.
I wanted to know, “who founded Powerset.” Unfortunately, the PowerLabs search came back empty, but this could be because the demo search results are limited to Wikipedia. And Powerset isn’t on Wikipedia!
Does this mean Powerset isn’t a big enough company to make a name for itself there? I know employees from Powerset can’t reasonably add their own entry, but why haven’t others? There certainly has been much talk of how powerful Powerset technology will be. Could this be a sign that I will win the bet with Leif over how many employees Powerset has? Hehe, ooeee.
In case you were wondering, I “broke down” and used Google to see “who founded Powerset.” The second hit, an interview with Folksonomy, reported that “Steve Newcomb is the founder and COO of Powerset.” Good to know.
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Why don’t you start the Powerset entry? =) I think it’s cool the Powerset employees, like me, have avoided the temptation at least to start a stub on Wikipedia.
Perhaps I shall…Besides Leif’s and my noteworthy entry for “girlsnberry,” I haven’t really contributed to Wikipedia!
FYI, someone deleted girlsnberry from Wikipedia! This is a stab at my heart because it actually is a real color. But you’re in luck: Answers.com captured our Wikipedia entry before some fool deleted it (http://www.answers.com/topic/girlsnberry); also repeated below.
“Girlsnberry is a shade of purplish red. It is slightly less pink than cerise. The name was originally seen in a Title Nine sports equipment catalog, and suggests either the crunch berries available in Cap’n Crunch (though crunch berries are more red), or a feminine version of boysenberry.”
Given this high quality work, maybe you don’t want me writing your Powerset entry afterall