If you’ve ever spent much time reading Amazon reviews, you probably have come away with the impression that something funny is often going on in the review sections. Now Shay David and Trevor Pinch have put together a formal study of how people use Amazon’s review features, not only to boost or dis products […]

I’ve accepted an appointment to a research fellowship at Yale University, co-sponsored by the computer-science department and by the law school, and affiliated with the PORTIA Project and with the Information Society Project. I’ll still be based in the DC area, but will be commuting to New Haven on a regular basis.
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An article in today’s Wall Street Journal publicizes the fact that Google has resumed scanning copyrighted works for its database. This is, I believe, good news for most of us, just as it would be good news if every book were indexed — life is too short, and the world of books is too […]