By @edent · mastodon MastodonAPI search · 8 comments · 850 words · read ~559 times.
The latest version of Mastodon includes search functionality. It's early days, but seems to work pretty well. Here are some of the interesting things I found when using it. Search is complex - expectations I don't mean the act of searching a database - that's routine - but I mean it is socially complex. Lots […]
Continue reading →By @edent · google search search engine · 5 comments · 250 words · read ~300 times.
I found this rather humorous Tweet in which a computer issued a cheque for £2,324,252,080,110: Gareth Hughes@gh230277Thank you for our compensation payment @Northpowergrid for the several days we were without power following #stormarwen Before I bank the cheque however, are you 100% certain you can afford this? #trillionpounds pic.x.com/z5mnc2nxl1❤️ 51,914💬 2,191♻️ 011:52 - Sat 12 […]
Continue reading →By @edent · search web · 11 comments · 200 words · read ~18,448 times.
Computers would be so much better if they never had to deal with users, amirite?!!? I remember, years ago, working on a mobile web service which had a URl bar - so users could tap in bbc.co.uk on their T9 keypads - and a separate search bar. I thought that was pretty nifty. But it […]
Continue reading →By @edent · hashtag mobile qr search twitter · 7 comments · 300 words · read ~2,952 times.
I spotted this poster today, encouraging people to search for the Twitter hashtag "#Transformers". Wouldn't it make sense to use a QR code as well? That way people could quickly scan, and be taken straight to the discussion, rather than have to fire up Twitter and do a manual search. As it happens, it's slightly […]
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