Go to page:
1
Google and The Flu
Recently Google announced how their flu tracking system worked using data from Google trends. While I appluad Google for thier open discussion, I personally believe this logic is flawed. It’s a systemic problem that occurs throughout Google because of their insular workflow and thought process (see how could so many PHD’s be wrong). IMH
Tags: google ,
throughout ,
discussion ,
personally ,
their
YouTube adds “Read Comment Aloud” feature from xkcd
A couple weeks ago, xkcd ran this funny comic: Randall Monroe, the creator of xkcd, suggested that if YouTube commenters had to listen to their comments read back to them aloud, it might lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, so they did it. YouTube now has an [...]
Tags: youtube ,
xkcd ,
aloud ,
commenters ,
discussion
Pilgrim’s Picks for October 10
What an awesome week! The Aloha Social Media Summit was a huge success–that’s what attendees told us–and even my head is buzzing from all the great ideas shared this week.
If you couldn’t make it, here’s a photo of one of our discussion huddles. How many events have you attended that have comfy sofas and video arcades?
Tags: discussion ,
attendees ,
what ,
attended ,
week
Getting your news on cruise control
Google News has been a big topic of conversation in the office over the past few days, with last week’s United Airlines debacle leading to a wide ranging discussion on the nature of how we connected types get our news.
Between the run on United stock, the collapse of XL Airways and last month’s crash [...]
Tags: connected ,
discussion ,
news ,
united ,
conversation
Go to page:
1
