Credit: http://xkcd.com/802/
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
My Computer Tells Me What To Read
Humans are biased. No changing that. So maybe you want a book suggestion, but don't want human bias. The magic of technology now allows users an alternate method of finding new reading material.
I started following the googlecanyouhearme.com project pre-library school. It is the project of Aaron Stanton. He had the crazy idea that readers advisory could be reduced to an algorithm. I haven't had time to really research the effectiveness of the project recently, but I think the trend is worth watching. With some quick internet searching I found a few other sites that offer algorithmic book suggestions.
Anyone know of any others?
http://www.whichbook.net/
http://beta.booklamp.org/reader/
http://www.librarything.com/suggest
I started following the googlecanyouhearme.com project pre-library school. It is the project of Aaron Stanton. He had the crazy idea that readers advisory could be reduced to an algorithm. I haven't had time to really research the effectiveness of the project recently, but I think the trend is worth watching. With some quick internet searching I found a few other sites that offer algorithmic book suggestions.
Anyone know of any others?
http://www.whichbook.net/
http://beta.booklamp.org/reader/
http://www.librarything.com/suggest
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