Tag Archives: Research

AOL Data

By alex | Published: 8/7/2006
As you may have heard, AOL recently released a data set that includes about 20 million searches from about 500 thousand users. This is a bit of a treasure trove for researchers, as it provides an example of what people search for and how their searches change over time. While users are identified only by […]
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[wikimania] Benkler / Calacanis followup

By alex | Published: 8/5/2006
The Digg crowd and elsewhere out there seem to be abuzz about the short Q & A between Benkler and Calacanis. I see this blog post and wonder if I am in the same room. Calacanis defends his offer to pay members of the Digg collaborative filtering system with the following metaphor: There are both […]
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Pew Internet: Who are the bloggers?

By alex | Published: 7/19/2006
Pew has released a new survey of bloggers. The idea is to get a feel for who blogs. I worry a bit about the whole idea of a “central tendency” among bloggers, since I suspect that there are several central tendencies. I am reminded a bit of the Perseus claim a few years back that […]
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Flash Mob: A singular act of female rebellion

By alex | Published: 7/9/2006
Derek reveals an early (1844) example of the term flash mob. Makes the term \”smart mob\” perhaps more appealing.
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