Turns out, it's just Google being silly.
See This Post for the gritty details.
Short Version: Google had it's 'O' abducted by aliens, possibly a reference to the Exeter Incident, bandied the phrase 'Unexplained Phenomenon' about, and will do something whacky again on the 15th, probably as a tie in to H.G. Wells birthday.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
The Will of the Hive Mind
Apparently, as mused in my prior posts, I am not the only one talking about the usage of the term geek in modern culture.
But while I'm generally talking about the multiclassed, multidisciplinary cross-over phenomenon among geeks and the phenomenon of chaining from one interest to another through social circles, Jess is tackling geek-dom from the direction of a discussion on manners in the modern geek. Take a gander at One Geek To Another tag and see what I'm talking about.
Clue is spread pretty thick across the internet, although I suspect Jess hoards her share of it.
On the subject of the gestalt here, I figured I'd point out Google Trends. Er, Google Trends. I always find a quick glance fascinating, although I'm still looking on a smaller scale. After all, I'd rather find out what the most common search term alongside 'Roleplaying' is, than know that people on the internet spontaneously searched for Unexplained Phenomenon at about 2 pm today (Although I find the concept Very meta.) Nor, did I really need to know that tons of people wanted to know about the female lead in Inglorious Bastards (Which I still need to see...) Although, I can probably guess why. Thanks, Internet.
I think the part I like best about Google Trends is trying to figure out why something became popular suddenly. Which is usually followed by the realization that my gut feeling is usually quite off from real factors. Still, Trends is a tool to try and help dispel such assumptions with Data. Or maybe it's merely because Trends is such a fine tool to get data at your fingertips... And we can't all have virtual worlds full of text to fly around in. Yet.
But while I'm generally talking about the multiclassed, multidisciplinary cross-over phenomenon among geeks and the phenomenon of chaining from one interest to another through social circles, Jess is tackling geek-dom from the direction of a discussion on manners in the modern geek. Take a gander at One Geek To Another tag and see what I'm talking about.
Clue is spread pretty thick across the internet, although I suspect Jess hoards her share of it.
On the subject of the gestalt here, I figured I'd point out Google Trends. Er, Google Trends. I always find a quick glance fascinating, although I'm still looking on a smaller scale. After all, I'd rather find out what the most common search term alongside 'Roleplaying' is, than know that people on the internet spontaneously searched for Unexplained Phenomenon at about 2 pm today (Although I find the concept Very meta.) Nor, did I really need to know that tons of people wanted to know about the female lead in Inglorious Bastards (Which I still need to see...) Although, I can probably guess why. Thanks, Internet.
I think the part I like best about Google Trends is trying to figure out why something became popular suddenly. Which is usually followed by the realization that my gut feeling is usually quite off from real factors. Still, Trends is a tool to try and help dispel such assumptions with Data. Or maybe it's merely because Trends is such a fine tool to get data at your fingertips... And we can't all have virtual worlds full of text to fly around in. Yet.
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