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In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading… Official Google Blog: The future of search Marisa Mayer talks about using location, natural language (and voice), mobile media, and social networks to personalize search in the next 10 years. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fgoogleblog.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F09%2Ffuture-of-search.html The Potential End Of America’s Government – The Market Ticker It is shocking what [...]

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In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading… The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes This is a good write up on a number of things I’ve been thinking about related to Dunbar’s number and online social network size. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifewithalacrity.com%2F2004%2F03%2Fthe_dunbar_numb.html View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

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In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading… Floozy Speak!: Valley of the Turks Here is another research look at why Turkers participate: “They are motivated by fun and by fast cash.” Corroborates Panos’ findings in his MT demographics blog post. Visualization of Clinton & Obama primary results This is an awesome visualization: it breaks [...]

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In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading… Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Used for Fraudulent Activities – ReadWriteWeb Amazon’s Mechanical Turk has fallen prey to social media spammers and it is now full of requests to spam bookmarking services for pennies per link. Although these HITs … View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

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In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading… Boxplots in Excel Although this site is from the mid-1990s, it is a great how-to for creating your *very own* box plot in Excel! 10 great places to be steeped in tea, tradition and comfort Top tea shops in the US. View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia