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Search: How the Data Explosion Makes Us Smarter

Holds up a mirror to our time to see if search can keep up

Discussion

Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg · Former Product Hunt
It is my pleasure to introduce Stefan Weitz for an AMA today at 12:30pm PST. Stefan was previously a Senior Director in Search at Microsoft. One of the early team members at Bing, the world’s second-largest search engine, he has been working in tech since he was 8 years old. Most of Stefan’s work has focused on how to take seemingly disconnected concepts fin… See more
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@jeffumbro · Book Marketing and PR - get in touch
Hi Stefan. I just watched Ex Machina last night, and I'm wondering how/if your book relates at all to the themes in that film (outside of the Hollywood effect).
Emily Hodgins
@ems_hodge · Community and Marketing, Product Hunt
@StefanWeitz Hi! Thanks so much for joining us today 😀 Has there been any critique of your book so far that you agree with?
 
Kunal Bhatia
@kunalslab · Co-founder & Design Lead @SlidesUp
Thanks for doing the AMA Stefan. People thought that the semantic web/RDF would be a big thing. Is this necessary to get the next big innovation in search? If not, what is the next enabler required to make better search?
Melissa Joy Kong
@melissajoykong · Content, Product Hunt
A lot of companies talk about the value of data, but few seem to be *exceptional* at parsing through it, objectively telling a story about what a set of data means, and using the data to meaningfully impact the future growth of a channel of—or entire—business. (1) Can you think of a person/company you really admire that utilizes data well? (2) How can we … See more