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Original article from Bluemoon.ee People find the most interesting uses for data. This developer took photos uploaded to a photo-sharing site and generated a map of the most ‘touristy’ places in the world. What is interesting is how the developer leveraged the data out there  to generate this view: 1) First he got the raw [...]

Much has been said about Google having some kind of algorithm that predicts when employees will quit. There were 83 articles on this at Google News. But this is really not that big a deal. Google has thousands of employees, it gives them surveys, questionnaires, etc., and feeds that info into a data warehouse. Then, after [...]

          I saw these two very weird ads from AdSense.  You gots to do better, Google!

The Internet is getting increasingly polluted with sleazy marketing. Between sites that contain prepackaged articles, sites that claim to be independent review sites but are really just lead-gen (lead generation) sites, a consumer has to be wary of what is out there. I heard a lot about another weight-loss gimmick called ‘FatLoss4Idiots’. So I went [...]