06.23.2005 13:51

Similarity, by way of del.icio.us


Jon Udell's graphing of 'link affinity' he shares with 6550 del.icio.us users (Collaborative filtering with del.icio.us) hints at 'a mixture of shell scripting, Python scripting, regular-expression pattern matching, and XML parsing' to 'identify an implicit community of interest and tap into its emergent group mind'. He promises to publish the code '[o]nce things settle down'.

He also links to Greg Wilson's Data Crunching: Solve Everyday Problems using Java, Python, and more. The site links to two online reviews of the book: at javaddicts.net and by Steve Vinoski, though google has more.