Google Gets Smarter

Submitted by Calvin on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 11:53

So, instead of just analyzing keywords and matching strings of characters with their index to return search results that are likely relevant to your keywords, Google will now put your keywords into a context, allowing it to understand the thing your looking for in the real world. 

Google's "Knowledge Graph" is drawing on many sources of information to understand things in the real world as "objects" rather than strings of data.  It's also starting to piece together relationships between objects.

Shaping Culture With Stories

Submitted by Calvin on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 11:24

I've recently been having a discussion with some of the people in my life who are interested in talking about things.  How the world works, how to make it better, what's coming in the future, what the world needs now.  (It's love, sweet love, by the way).

My thoughts have been forming around stories shaping culture and the tools available these days that enable ANYONE, to shape the culture of the planet with new stories. 

Sketchbook Mobile App

Submitted by Calvin on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 00:23

I used to draw a lot.  I have old sketchbooks filled with scribbles and thoughts and ideas.  Looking back I think it contributed to my clarity and general superpowers!  ;)  Creating things freely, without worrying about conforming to rules or timeframes was great exercise for my brain.  At the same time, practicing mental focus and attaining "Flow" or a zen-like state of consciousness of simply being in the moment and purely expressing myself, is an amazing state to attain.  (It could also lead to run-on sentences).

Diaspora is LIVE!

Submitted by Calvin on Sat, 11/26/2011 - 15:04
Diaspora is LIVE! If you don't know, Diaspora is a DISTRIBUTED social network that's focused on privacy. Now before you go, "oh whoopty doo, another social network", checkout this page to find out why Diaspora exists. http://whatisdiaspora.com/ It looks a lot like Google+, which launched earlier this year, and there's a reason for that. Apparently Google liked Diaspora so much, they basically copied it's look and feel, and more importantly it's "Aspects", which became Google+'s "Circles".