Comments on: OpenWorld 2009 News http://theappslab.com/2009/04/20/openworld-2009-news/ Driving Innovation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:43:00 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) http://theappslab.com/2009/04/20/openworld-2009-news/comment-page-1/#comment-6800 John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:17:20 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2776#comment-6800 I like the concept, but that wouldn't account for people who (for whatever reason) neglected to mention "Oracle." Take my example "landing at oakland to go to oow"; if I were to see this at the appropriate time of year, I as a human would realize that "oow" stood for Oracle OpenWorld. How do we teach that logic to a search algorithm? I like the concept, but that wouldn't account for people who (for whatever reason) neglected to mention “Oracle.” Take my example “landing at oakland to go to oow”; if I were to see this at the appropriate time of year, I as a human would realize that “oow” stood for Oracle OpenWorld. How do we teach that logic to a search algorithm?

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/04/20/openworld-2009-news/comment-page-1/#comment-6798 Jake Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:26:41 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2776#comment-6798 Which leads to annoying hacks like hashtags, in turn leading to debates of the "right" hashtag.<br><br>Search has always been about good enough, not good. Which leads to annoying hacks like hashtags, in turn leading to debates of the “right” hashtag.

Search has always been about good enough, not good.

]]> By: John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) http://theappslab.com/2009/04/20/openworld-2009-news/comment-page-1/#comment-6797 John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:58:12 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2776#comment-6797 <a href="http://beta.friendfeed.com/oow" rel="nofollow">http://beta.friendfeed.com/oow</a> is Eddie's. Incidentally, it shows why we need more intelligent search, since it searches for occurrences of "oow." Unfortunately this picks up a lot of false positives ("Oow I hit my head on the door!"). The search technologies with which I am familiar cannot distinguish why that phrase is unimportant, while "landing at oakland to go to oow" WOULD be important. http://beta.friendfeed.com/oow is Eddie's. Incidentally, it shows why we need more intelligent search, since it searches for occurrences of “oow.” Unfortunately this picks up a lot of false positives (“Oow I hit my head on the door!”). The search technologies with which I am familiar cannot distinguish why that phrase is unimportant, while “landing at oakland to go to oow” WOULD be important.

]]> By: joel garry http://theappslab.com/2009/04/20/openworld-2009-news/comment-page-1/#comment-16313 joel garry Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:26:00 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2776#comment-16313 Try http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=oow+-hurt+%2Boracle&btnG=Search Try http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=oow+-hurt+%2Boracle&btnG=Search

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/04/20/openworld-2009-news/comment-page-1/#comment-6796 Jake Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:19:43 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2776#comment-6796 Yeah, I like the addition of the ROI document this year, very topical. I'm curious to see what they do with the various ways to keep track of OOW. Maybe you can donate your FriendFeed room, since that's the only service missing. Or was that Eddie's? Yeah, I like the addition of the ROI document this year, very topical. I'm curious to see what they do with the various ways to keep track of OOW. Maybe you can donate your FriendFeed room, since that's the only service missing. Or was that Eddie's?

]]> By: John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) http://theappslab.com/2009/04/20/openworld-2009-news/comment-page-1/#comment-6790 John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:41:43 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2776#comment-6790 Jake, I hope this post doesn't get lost in the shuffle of that other teeny tiny bit of news from Oracle today, but once the server traffic dies down, I plan to check the ROI document that you referenced. Our division manages its own conference (which is A BIT smaller than OpenWorld), and providing meaningful conference content that brings a positive ROI to attendees is definitely a challenge that all conference organizers need to meet.<br><br>Thanks also for the comprehensive list of OpenWorld resources; I didn't know about the Facebook group.<br><br>Now the conference people just have to find another sponsor - I suspect that Sun won't be renewing its sponsorship this year... :) Jake, I hope this post doesn't get lost in the shuffle of that other teeny tiny bit of news from Oracle today, but once the server traffic dies down, I plan to check the ROI document that you referenced. Our division manages its own conference (which is A BIT smaller than OpenWorld), and providing meaningful conference content that brings a positive ROI to attendees is definitely a challenge that all conference organizers need to meet.

Thanks also for the comprehensive list of OpenWorld resources; I didn't know about the Facebook group.

Now the conference people just have to find another sponsor – I suspect that Sun won't be renewing its sponsorship this year… :)

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