MetaFilter posts tagged with information and google

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.

Toekneesan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:08:37 -0800

"Then there are the classification errors, which taken together can make for a kind of absurdist poetry. H.L. Mencken's The American Language is classified as Family & Relationships. A French edition of Hamlet and a Japanese edition of Madame Bovary are both classified as Antiques and Collectibles (a 1930 English edition of Flaubert's novel is classified under Physicians, which I suppose makes a bit more sense.) An edition of Moby Dick is labeled Computers; The Cat Lover's Book of Fascinating Facts falls under Technology & Engineering. And a catalog of copyright entries from the Library of Congress is listed under Drama (for a moment I wondered if maybe that one was just Google's little joke)." —Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg on Google's little metadata problem.

Extending the Mind

homunculus — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:50:55 -0800

How Google Is Making Us Smarter: Humans are "natural-born cyborgs," and the Internet is our giant "extended mind."

A google a day?

pearlybob — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:04:15 -0800

Google Health launched today.. Mega-giant Google now offers a way for people to store their medical records and information all in one place online. It will help search for health-care providers and even remind you to take your medicine. They are also partnering with CVS to streamline the whole health process from being seen in a CVS clinic to renewing your prescriptions through Google. More about the service at the Google Health FAQ.

Google for Google's Sake

armoured-ant — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:55:14 -0800

If Google was designed for Google.

I'll stick to AskMe, thanks.

CunningLinguist — Fri, 27 May 2005 04:45:52 -0800

AskGod.com Forget Jeeves. For $25 a month, you can soon call a googling "angel" from your mobile phone with questions. According to the press release (pdf): "Soon, with the coming of Ask God, the prayers of all the data-starved will be answered and the prophecy of information on-demand will be fulfilled." In a country caught in the grips of religious mania, is this smart marketing or tone deaf? And with the web increasingly on our phones already, who's going to pay for this?