Jonathan Rochkind has an interesting commentary on this New York Times article about Google’s Algorithm titled Google Keeps Tweaking Its Search Engine.
I really don’t have much to add, except for the thought that we are too mired in the “algorithm” we currently have, which was built around small index cards in drawers, and need to recognize that there are many parts, facets if you will, to how we store and provide information. We need to be open to each of these facets and the ways we can use them.
Storage, Search, Presentation, Categorization… these are all parts of what we do; they do not have to all reflect the same structure, they just need to be able to interact.
