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PaulLovesSearch

Just read NewYorker article by professional surgeon who got himself a surgery coach. Can concept be applied to SW dev? And how? 11:10 AM May 6th via Twitter for iPhone
I wrote a java API for Amazon CloudSearch: searchtechnologies.com/java-api-amazo… Cheers, Paul 1:32 PM Apr 20th via Twitter for iPhone
Back to our Query Processing Language (QPL): fills a vital gap between UI widgets and query expressions with a domain specific language. 12:21 AM Apr 20th via Twitter for iPhone
Having fun on the CloudSearch forums. Check out forums.aws.amazon.com/forum.jspa?for… for all sorts of info. 12:31 PM Apr 16th via Twitter for iPhone
Hey All, check out my new blog entry: searchtechnologies.com/wikipedia-clou… - creating a new search experience for Wikipedia, using Amazon CloudSearch! 9:29 PM Apr 14th via Twitter for iPhone
@otisg Amazon CloudSearch uses the A9 search engine, from A9.com. It's especially good for eCommerce and business analytics. 3:23 PM Apr 12th via web in reply to otisg
Not just another search engine! Amazon CloudSearch aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/ - dynamically scalable, zero maintenance, search in the cloud. 1:07 AM Apr 12th via web
YASL: (yet another search engine) - xapian.org 6:24 AM Mar 5th via web
YASE: (Yet Another Search Engine) "Antidot" - antidot.net/en . 11:42 AM Jan 31st via web
Part 2 of my graduate course on relevancy ranking blog is now available. bit.ly/xXHlJ7 . Enjoy! 10:22 AM Jan 29th via web
I love learning new search engines! Such infinite variety of solutions and applications. It reminds me of bit.ly/wmHzOC . Beauty. 10:19 AM Jan 29th via web
Where is doc-to-doc matching a requirement? Clustering and job boards (CV to job description), are two. Maybe recommendations? Others? 9:09 AM Jan 22nd via web
SE WOTD: Advanced Search - A form-based user interface feature to search by fields, date ranges, and alternate query operators (all, any). 9:09 AM Jan 21st via web
SE WOTD: Active Directory (AD) - Procotol (also LDAP) to find groups to which a user belongs, required for search with doc level security. 11:49 AM Jan 12th via web
Who has the most complex metadata structure of all? Greeting cards. Amazingly complex search requirements to search for greeting cards. 6:49 AM Jan 12th via web
SE WOTD: ADJ - A proximity query operator that matches documents with two terms next to each other. For example: |bob ADJ hope|. 7:54 AM Jan 4th via web
Epiphany! Pipelines are NOT the way to do query processing. The best paradigm is functional programming. So much more powerful! 6:40 AM Dec 31st, 2011 via web
ashalynd If the programmers like each other, they play a game called "pair programming". And if not, then the game is called "peer review". 7:04 AM Dec 28th, 2011 via web Retweeted by PaulLovesSearch and 3067 others
SE WOTD: Access Token - Provides access to set of docs. A generic term for security control of which user/group names are typical examples. 3:27 PM Dec 29th, 2011 via web
My faith in Google has been devastated. The top document for the query |osgi "HttpService" +kerberos| does not contain "kerberos". 1:38 PM Dec 29th, 2011 via web

Name Paul Nelson
Location Annapolis, MD - USA
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Bio Chief Architect of Search Technologies. For anyone who programs, implements, or is planning to do anything with text search engines, big or small.