About 2 weeks ago, Netflix announced they were getting rid of user profiles. They said the reason was to make the site more simple to use for everyone and they observed : Too many members found the feature difficult to understand and cumbersome I had my account set up with 2 profiles for a while […]
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Algorithm to generate tag clouds
I was talking to a friend who’s trying to figure out a formula for generating tag cloud. The purpose of a tag cloud is to convey the extent of relevance of a tag among all other tags being used. Trying to display the frequency of tags sounds easy but there are different issues for different […]
Trulia Hindsight : Time lapsed map of residential development
Trulia has this tool called Hindsight that lets you enter an address and watch how that area develops over time since 1800s.