Google Labs – Insight Sciences

Google NGram viewer taps 500 billion words to uncover cultural trends

May 29, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Sustainable Design

English: A graph showing the frequency of semi... — English: A graph showing the frequency of semicolon use in English between 1500 and 2008. Data is from the Google Books corpus. The graph was created using the Google Books Ngram Viewer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In 500 Billion Words, a New Window on Culture – NYTimes.com.

Are words the atomic unit of a dynamic system? (sappingattention.blogspot.com)
Optimal algorithm for finding all ngrams from a pre-defined set in a text (cs.stackexchange.com)
The cyberpragmatics of bounding asterisks (languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)
Google Labs’ NGram Viewer: what we learned from 5 million books (nextlevelofnews.com)
Digital Signage in the Workplace Trends (themarlincompany.com)

Google Ngram Viewer: Sciences vs. Religion

May 23, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Linguistic Search

Usage statistics from English books, according... — Usage statistics from English books, according to Google Ngram Viewer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Google Ngram Viewer.

Google Labs’ NGram Viewer: what we learned from 5 million books (nextlevelofnews.com)
Colossal is shrinking, but massive continues to grow (diginsider.com)
Optimal algorithm for finding all ngrams from a pre-defined set in a text (cs.stackexchange.com)
Semantics: Ecohydrology vs. Hydroecology (snowhydro1.wordpress.com)
Digital Signage in the Workplace Trends (themarlincompany.com)
The Rise of Bounding Asterisks in Lieu of Italicization for Emphasizing Text (daringfireball.net)