The Googleplex BlogAn iconoclastic look at Google, research, the Web, the state of the world, and anything at all that interests Harold Davis.May the Great eBay, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! Games Begin!- April 21, 2006 In a front-page article labeled Behemoths' Dance, the Wall Street Journal reports today that eBay is trying to find ways to lessen its dependence on Google by forming closer alliances with Microsoft andor Yahoo! Of course, I've seen the AdSense ads for eBay when I enter a search term such as antiques or Nikon D200. In fact, almost any search term query at all that might possibly be something one might buy brings up (among other AdSense search ads) an...http://www.braintique.com/research/mt-archives/000250.shtml Buh-Bye: Ranting and Raving about Voice Response- April 4, 2006 One of my pet peeves is synthetic-voice driven customer support telephone lines. I find myself shouting into these things: "Operator! Person! Someone! Anyone! I WANT TO TALK TO A HUMAN BEING!" It is kind of cool knowing I'm talking to a computer, because I can rant, rave, and curse all I like without having to feel remorse at exhibiting inappropriate behavior before a mere human cog in the machine. (Instead, I'm exhibiting it to a machine cog in the machine,...http://www.braintique.com/research/mt-archives/000249.shtml |