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Post By
Joey Liner

DoublePosiitve is exhibiting at the CCA (Career College Administration) Conference in Orlando,FL from Sunday June, 14th- Tuesday June 16th.

Booth #641

Sean, Casey and I will be there.

Hope to see you there.

Joey

Post By
Sean Fenlon

 

By blogosphere-standards, this is merely a Jonny-come-lately blog post.

To most others, WolframAlpha is new, and it is now live.

I’ve had many a Deep Thought in the past about SkyNet, The Matrix, and other forms of evolving A.I., so I was eager to see where we are now.

Below are my walk-throughs:

SPF

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Q:  How many roads must a man walk down?

A:  The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

 

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Q: What is the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything?

A: 42

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LOL – the query "semantics" presents the exact same results as "What are semantics."  More than just a little bit of Geek-irony in that.

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Ask Wolfy about GOOG (or any company for that matter), and an incredible thing happens.  Check it all out.

http://www94.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=google

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Wolfram is awesome, but don’t ask it to make any predictions:

Q:  Can WolframAlpha make predictions?

A:  Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.

 

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Q:  What is WolframAlpha?

A:  A computational knowledge engine

 

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Q: What is a computational knowledge engine?

A: Me

 

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Q: What is ME?

A: State of Maine

 

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Q: Who am I?

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Makes me wonder.  What would be the ultimate question?

SPF

Post By
Sean Fenlon

 

Whoa!

What is “Google Wave”?  I think it’s a communication object:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ

I’m one of the few non-developers who eagerly watched this video preview demo from Google I/O 2009.

Even after watching the entire video, I cannot tell you what Google Wave “is.”

I can, however, tell you what Google Wave “is like” using a business analogy.

Wave is to Google as .NET (dot net) is to Microsoft.

If memory serves, Microsoft REALLY struggled to say what .NET “is” when it was announced it back in 2001 – very similar to the challenge Google is now facing with explaining Wave(s).

Wave and .NET are peers.  Some may argue that “Wave” and Microsoft “Live” are better peer analogies, but I patently disagree.

[stand up and stretch here - see the 37th-minute stretch]

Company = Google vs. Microsoft

O/S = Internet vs. Windows

Developer Platform = Wave vs. .NET*

A key qualifier = Wave will probably build a Windows-esque B2C brand over time

Interesting difference, though.  Google’s use of the plural “Waves.”  We never heard about “.NETS” ;-)

SPF

p.s. even GOOG can struggle in LIVE-person-presentations.  I hope you guys are ready cuz LIVE is really, REALLY hard! :-)

p.s.s. See below for more of my “stream of consciousness” after-listening-tags:

• Google Gears
• Google Web Toolbox
• Wave Links
• The Wave Dance
• Extensions (the reason you guys came here)
• Almost Like a Wiki
• Time to Do the Wave

p.s.s.s.  If memory serves, Microsoft used the term “Wave of Innovation” as a rallying cry earlier in the decade.  Probably not a coincidence.