What Does Google Read?

July 27, 2010

Want to read like a Google exec? Don’t expect any laughs. Book recommendations have become a burgeoning online obsession and we’re not just talking about blogs. There are several sites allowing you to look at another person’s bookshelf and get a peek inside their mind. Google’s Profile page now has a bookshelf section where people, like its Research Director, Peter Norvig, list favorite books. Not surprising, Norvig is a big reader on AI, but his Humor shelf is vacant. Looking for something a little more interactive? Goodreads and Shelfari combine social networking and literature, sort of like Facebook for librarians. The fascinating part of this technology, much like Norvig’s shelf, is how much you learn about a person by browsing their collection.

Pat Roland, July 27, 2010

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