Trust, Recommender Systems, and Social Software- April 25, 2004 That's what is says at the top of Paolo Massa's blog: "Ramblings on Trust, Recommender Systems, Social Software, and much more." Wow, isn't that a great combination Personally, I believe that the combination of these things has the potential to become a major new direction for the social web and the new social marketplace. With entries like Soft Trust and Hard Trust and Evaluating Collaborative Filtering Recommender Systems, Paolo discusses these foundations of the social web of the...http://www.markcarey.com/web-dawn/archives/discuss-trust-recommender-systems-and-social-so... Six Degrees: Book Review- April 24, 2004 I recently finished reading Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age by Duncan Watts. While I was expecting to read a lot about social networking and the degrees of seperation in social society, I suprised to find so much science. Yes, I know: the subtitle should have given it away. But this is not a problem at all: the book is written very well, in such a way that anyone can understand and enjoy. In the fact, this convergence of science and sociolgy is makes makes this book truly...http://www.markcarey.com/web-dawn/archives/discuss-six-degrees-book-review.html Blogging for a Job- April 12, 2004 I am developing a new site for a client: Job Search Blogs. The site offer free blogs to job seekers. Job seekers can use blogs to promote their skills and experiences to prospective employers. I think this has tremendous potential for improving the recruiting process. Let's face it: conventional resumes are dull and boring, and don't really say a lot about the candidate. Job Search Blogs have the potential to act an an extension of the resume, providing insight into the thinking and personality.http://www.markcarey.com/web-dawn/archives/discuss-blogging-for-a-job.html GMail as Foundation for Personal and Social Search- April 2, 2004 Google announced an upcoming free email service yesterday - as everyone knows, as "is it an April Fool's joke" debates raged all over the Internet. The implications of the new service could be wide-reaching. It goes well beyond a 1 GB mailbox. It's natural that this has become the focal point of conversation, in contrast to the meager 2 or 4 MB that you get with other free services. The business case, of course is Google AdWords, serving text ads targeted to the text of the email that.http://www.markcarey.com/web-dawn/archives/discuss-gmail-as-foundation-for-personal-and-so... |