One unexpected thing you can do with the WolframAlpha computational search engine is to determine naming trends. Fascinating, yes, but also a bit of minutiae as well. Still it is a very nice example of the form of results you can get with WA. I am getting to like the overall idea that drives WA, but there is still much to be done. I prefer the interface by IBM's Martin Wattenberg in the Name Voyager to solve the same visualization problem.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Name Trends in Wolfram Alpha
One unexpected thing you can do with the WolframAlpha computational search engine is to determine naming trends. Fascinating, yes, but also a bit of minutiae as well. Still it is a very nice example of the form of results you can get with WA. I am getting to like the overall idea that drives WA, but there is still much to be done. I prefer the interface by IBM's Martin Wattenberg in the Name Voyager to solve the same visualization problem.
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