Comments on: Bing Me http://www.jamesthigpen.com/blog/2009/06/10/bing-me/ I Write Software. Rawr. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:18:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: James Thigpen http://www.jamesthigpen.com/blog/2009/06/10/bing-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5984 James Thigpen Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:43:54 +0000 http://www.jamesthigpen.com/blog/2009/06/10/bing-me/#comment-5984 @Tim: For me, wolfram alpha is a really specific thing. I really like it, but it's not a search engine, it's a "knowledge engine". If I want to know some fact like "population Houston", I might turn to wolfram. It's gonna get me the (an?) answer the quickest. And for mathy things it's awesome. I like the search on wolfram "2 apples + 1 onion". That really show it's got some cajones. @Tim:

For me, wolfram alpha is a really specific thing. I really like it, but it’s not a search engine, it’s a “knowledge engine”. If I want to know some fact like “population Houston”, I might turn to wolfram. It’s gonna get me the (an?) answer the quickest. And for mathy things it’s awesome.

I like the search on wolfram “2 apples + 1 onion”. That really show it’s got some cajones.

]]> By: Tim Erickson http://www.jamesthigpen.com/blog/2009/06/10/bing-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5983 Tim Erickson Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:38:46 +0000 http://www.jamesthigpen.com/blog/2009/06/10/bing-me/#comment-5983 Good word, James. With the advent of Bing, I did the same with Firefox (set default search to Bing). A former coworker of mine would do this regularly - each month rotate to using the next of the few major search (errr.... or \decision\?) engines. He was focused more on the design/layout of the result pages than search accuracy, but I definitely appreciated his take on keeping up with one's alternatives. Unfortunately, I have yet to see any reason to use WolframAlpha, but I'll try it again every now & again, as per your sage advice :-) Good word, James. With the advent of Bing, I did the same with Firefox (set default search to Bing). A former coworker of mine would do this regularly – each month rotate to using the next of the few major search (errr…. or \decision\?) engines. He was focused more on the design/layout of the result pages than search accuracy, but I definitely appreciated his take on keeping up with one’s alternatives. Unfortunately, I have yet to see any reason to use WolframAlpha, but I’ll try it again every now & again, as per your sage advice :-)

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