April 1, 2009
Today I noticed something posted on Google’s main search site so I clicked on it.
Introducing CADIE: a singular upgrade to your online life.
Announcement
March 31st, 2009 11:59:59 pm
Introducing CADIE
Research group switches on world’s first “artificial intelligence” tasked-array system.
For several years now a small research group has been working on some challenging problems in the areas of neural networking, natural language and autonomous problem-solving. Last fall this group achieved a significant breakthrough: a powerful new technique for solving reinforcement learning problems, resulting in the first functional global-scale neuro-evolutionary learning cluster.
Since then progress has been rapid, and tonight we’re pleased to announce that just moments ago, the world’s first Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (CADIE) was switched on and began performing some initial functions. It’s an exciting moment that we’re determined to build upon by coming to understand more fully what CADIE’s emergence might mean, for Google and for our users. So although CADIE technology will be rolled out with the caution befitting any advance of this magnitude, in the months to come users can expect to notice her influence on various google.com properties. Earlier today, for instance, CADIE deduced from a quick scan of the visual segment of the social web a set of online design principles from which she derived this intriguing homepage.
These are merely the first steps onto what will doubtless prove a long and difficult road. Considerable bugs remain in CADIE’S programming, and considerable development clearly is called for. But we can’t imagine a more important journey for Google to have undertaken.
For more information about CADIE see this monograph, and follow CADIE’s progress via her YouTube channel and blog.
Clearly this is Google’s strongest push to become the Skynet that we only fear on the big screen.
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November 6, 2008
I really don’t have a clue why the recent explosion of facebook users. The funny thing is, other “real life” friends have said that they’ve noticed it too.
So far, I look at Facebook as the social network that best lets users keep in touch with their individual spheres by combining networking tools that are useful and user friendly. I personally like the mobile applications and “twitter-like” updates.
I guess I’ll put more thought into the major differences between MySpace and Facebook later; until then, I’ll continue to analyze the user growth of Facebook, particularly in demographics that I might be a part of.
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June 4, 2008
I’ve been designing a lot of websites lately - and the biggest DESIGN question I face with all of them is “Should I consider 800×600 viewers”.
I would like to think that most people are viewing higher resolution but I just don’t know. hmmmmm..
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June 3, 2008
Not really…but Houssee.com is trying to be just that (it seems). It’s very similar to Digg but with a Real Estate news focus.
I wish them a ton of success, but “Houssee”?!?! Interesting site name to say the least.
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April 1, 2008
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February 20, 2008
I did a search on Google today for the search term “rick garcia” (no known relation). Originally, I intended to JUST get my name in the search engines, any search engine, after I searched for my name a couple of years ago and didn’t get a single hit. After two years I’m happy to be on the first page of the major search engines, rising as high as #2 for “rick garcia”, with a single optimized page, www.keeeeez.com/blog/. I’m pretty happy with the results. It’s interesting to note that I didn’t use rick or garcia in a URL.
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January 16, 2008
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January 16, 2008
Development is coming along well on my site. I was able to import over 23,000 listings from the Sandicor MLS along with the photos. Things I’m still working on are making the Real Estate Listing pages more Search Engine Friendly. Right now they have a bunch of weird characters normally associated with dynamic content sites. I’ve tried several tools, and even my hand at .htacess ARGH!
I’m also having minor javascript issues with my images. Haven’t been able to devote a whole lot of time to this. Last, I still need to finish up (1) Template Design for the Open Realty Search, Search Results, and Detail pages, and (2) I have about 50 pages of static content left to put up on my site.
On a Social Media side note, I’ve integrated a Community Directory into the site, where subscribers will be able to either enter their San Diego related businesses into, or viewers will be able to rate the individual business listings. I’ve also incorporated commenting within the Joomla Blog section (still haven’t been able to find an alternative), where subscribers can comment on any real estate postings that I’ve made.
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January 14, 2008
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