Showing posts with label trueknowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trueknowledge. Show all posts

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Trueknowledge gets slammed with requests

So a while back, I ran across an open invitation for beta testers for a new internet search technology. I immediately applied thinking they were doing nothing but waiting for my application and eagerly awaited a reply. And waited. And waited. Until finally I was notified the response to their open invitation overwhelmed the support team and the beta program was closed. Trueknowledge would be sure to notify me if an opening appeared in the near future, thanks for applying.

First thought to occur to me is "You create an open invitation for the purported breakthrough search technology on the internet and do not expect an overwhelming response?". Isn't just a bit myopic on the planning front?

Color be bugged.

-nn

Friday, November 16, 2007

Et tu, Trueknowledge?

Have been waiting for an email response admitting me into the Trueknowledge beta program. The much awaited for technology that will rend the likes of google and the lesser-favored yahoo to the equivalent of so much belly-button lint.
Don't bait me with the promise of testing a new search engine unless you mean to follow through, because I have all my test cases ready to rock:
Obscure quotes attributed to philosophers influencing John Locke?
- Got it.
Controversial interpretations of the Patriot Act?
- Lock it.
Uninteresting bits of data aggregation from multiple sources?
- Rock it!

I feel like a kid on a day before the big test.

-k

Monday, November 12, 2007

This is where it all begins

Someone is finally working on the right bit of technology. Rather than being inundated with literally hundreds of thousands of mostly meaningless links, TrueKnowledge is working to produce a search engine which will actually answer your questions. I have signed up for a beta account and will let you know what I think of the tech (like you care).




However, a word of warning is called for. Today, it is about a search engine that will understand context and be able to formulate meaning from simple phrases. Tomorrow, it will be SkyNet.