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Awesome Google Tricks

Normally, I would be embarrassed to be posting to the blog on a Friday without classes in London, but I’m battling a chest cold and my voice sounds like I’ve been smoking for 40 years. Plus, it’s only 4ºC out. As much as I want to get out there, not smart. So here’s some new [...]

Posted 01 February 2008 Adam § , , § Comments (1)

Google Trends: Popular philosophy

Ok, so this is pretty fun. Google has a “trend” tracker that you can query about the popularity of search terms throughout the year. You get neat graphs in response. (You can actually separate terms with commas to get a graph tracking multiple terms.) “Philosophy” is kind of fun. Notice the spikes for finals weeks [...]

Posted 16 November 2007 Adam § , § Comments (2)