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Natural language shopping

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Natural language comparison service Versus IO scores $2.8M in funding
David Meyer, gigaom.com

In the devel­op­ment of nat­ur­al lan­guage pro­cess­ing, the seman­tic web and so on, e-com­merce pro­vides a rich breed­ing ground. Com­pa­nies such as Ama­zon and Google always want to find bet­ter ways to learn what it is poten­tial cus­tomers…

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Drone film makers

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Sustainable Design

See What You Can Do With Drone Filmmaking
fastcocreate.com

Filmmakers are increasingly turning to camera-equipped drones to film aerial shots. Here, a German expert gives us the 400-foot view of a new mode of moviemaking.

Berlin-based film­mak­er Christo­pher …

RT @nealunger: Here’s why filmmakers are using UAVs for amazing aerial video shoots. Helicopters? Old school http://flip.it/DceZE (via @fastcocreate) http://flip.it/7eZrW

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Igloo Made From 300 Refrigerators

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Igloo Made From 300 Refrigerators Springs Up in Germany | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: From an early age, I was fascinated by differing attitudes towards resources. Growing up in Japan and Hong Kong, I was given my first look at complete material cycles, where waste becomes food, and resources […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

Berlin-based artist Ralf Schmer­berg has con­struct­ed an awe-inspiring igloo made almost entire­ly of old refrig­er­a­tors in the cen­ter of Ham­burg, Ger­many. What appears as a Dada-esque con­struc­tion filled with absurd lit­tle vignettes is…

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John Kay: The world needs more foxes and fewer hedgehogs

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Information Visualization, Linguistic Search
Archive interview with Isaiah Berlin
Archive interview with Isaiah Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Why are the predictions of well known experts worse than those of people who linger in obscurity? Isaiah Berlin’s distinction between the hedgehog, who knows one big thing, and the fox, who knows many little things, provides a clue to the answer.

John Kay – The world needs more foxes and fewer hedgehogs.

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