Gmail seems to be down for a while now. Wonder what google's up to?
Its been almost 15 mins since i noticed...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Google Maps : Zoom away
Well i havent checked this out yet... im going to do it as soon as i get home.. :)
But if this is possible.. wow!! but google may have some answering to do...
Time to go see if your car is still where u left it...
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-03-07-n12.html
But if this is possible.. wow!! but google may have some answering to do...
Time to go see if your car is still where u left it...
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-03-07-n12.html
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
:Derailed on Ruby tracks
Well if you have been trying to figure your way around ruby on rails and have been wondering what the so called :action's and :controllers and :id's are.
and Why do you need them in the code for?
and What do they do? etc etc. You have come to the right place.
Firstly these are called Symbols. And many have tried to explain the concept of symbols and have failed quite miserably.
Alas!! Its not me thats going to solve the mystery here for you. But yes I am going to show you the path : http://glu.ttono.us/articles/2005/08/19/understanding-ruby-symbols
A neat little blog by Kevin Clark that finally clears the air a little.
Cheers
and Why do you need them in the code for?
and What do they do? etc etc. You have come to the right place.
Firstly these are called Symbols. And many have tried to explain the concept of symbols and have failed quite miserably.
Alas!! Its not me thats going to solve the mystery here for you. But yes I am going to show you the path : http://glu.ttono.us/articles/2005/08/19/understanding-ruby-symbols
A neat little blog by Kevin Clark that finally clears the air a little.
Cheers
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Spotplex
Spotplex has added a twist to the Digg story. Here users do not submit stories. Instead sites that want to participate include some java code in their sites. This code then monitors the traffic to blog posts on the site and decides which ones need to appear on the Spotplex page.
This makes Spotplex clean as it cannot be manipulated externally. However i think these guys will still need to build trust around their algorithm and it is this that will prove to be their ‘tipping point’.
Like Michael A correctly mentions in his article on Techcrunch, the algorithm must prove itself to be unbiased to the already popular blogs.
We’ll have to see if this NKOTB will turn out to be the Digg killer.
This makes Spotplex clean as it cannot be manipulated externally. However i think these guys will still need to build trust around their algorithm and it is this that will prove to be their ‘tipping point’.
Like Michael A correctly mentions in his article on Techcrunch, the algorithm must prove itself to be unbiased to the already popular blogs.
We’ll have to see if this NKOTB will turn out to be the Digg killer.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Like.com
Riya 2.0 has been launched as like.com. And it aims to do pretty much what the site says. Find images like the one you upload.
Well it has been said for a while that its not enough to search text and that we need to peek into those images and understand what the image contains and be able to then search these images.
They are currently offering searches under the following categories : handbags, shoes, watches, jewelry and celebrities and are expecting to add many more every day.
Like.com will offer exciting options. We just cannot put everything we want to look for in words. If you like the pattern on a piece of clothing, its not something thats easy to describe or search for in words.
Revenue ought to come from ads and ofcourse lots of online shopping is expected to come this way. A lot will depend on how relevant the search results are ofcourse.
So we will have to wait and watch google is up to, having acquired Neven Vision, another image search company.
Meanwhile, Riya.com will continue to remain a face recognition tool and will be developed and improved in parallel.
Lot more exciting things to come im sure. lets wait and watch!!
Well it has been said for a while that its not enough to search text and that we need to peek into those images and understand what the image contains and be able to then search these images.
They are currently offering searches under the following categories : handbags, shoes, watches, jewelry and celebrities and are expecting to add many more every day.
Like.com will offer exciting options. We just cannot put everything we want to look for in words. If you like the pattern on a piece of clothing, its not something thats easy to describe or search for in words.
Revenue ought to come from ads and ofcourse lots of online shopping is expected to come this way. A lot will depend on how relevant the search results are ofcourse.
So we will have to wait and watch google is up to, having acquired Neven Vision, another image search company.
Meanwhile, Riya.com will continue to remain a face recognition tool and will be developed and improved in parallel.
Lot more exciting things to come im sure. lets wait and watch!!
Orkutalk!!
Finally, the social networking space has heated up enough to get google to finally do what was being expected for a long time now.
Gtalk has now been integrated with orkut. Gives all those users using orkut without a gmail id all the more incentive to get themselves a gmail account now.
i like the way google is merging all their apps. The day is not far when you have a single sign on where you can do your social networking, your emailing, your document collaboration, your chats, your voice calls, video conferences etc etc.
Gtalk has now been integrated with orkut. Gives all those users using orkut without a gmail id all the more incentive to get themselves a gmail account now.
i like the way google is merging all their apps. The day is not far when you have a single sign on where you can do your social networking, your emailing, your document collaboration, your chats, your voice calls, video conferences etc etc.
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