Tag: Search

Liked IndieWeb Google Custom Search Engine by Ryan BarrettRyan Barrett
Google has offered custom search engines for individual sites for a long time, so I threw together one that searches all of the sites in Indie Map, plus lots more that have joined the IndieWeb since then. It seems to work ok so far. Try it out and let me know what you think! https://snarfed.org/magnifying_glass.jpg https://snarfed.org/magnifying_glass.jpg A search engine for the whole IndieWeb has been a hot conversation topic, on and off, for many years now. Many of us offer search on our own individual sites, and more ambiti...
Liked ‘Do people like me?’ Why we ask Google unanswerable questions by https://www.theguardian.com/profile/julianbaggini (the Guardian)
A Google search, however, cannot give us the two things we most need: time and other people. For our day-to-day problems, a sympathetic ear remains the most powerful device for providing relief, if not a cure. For the bigger puzzles of existence, there is no substitute for long reflection, with help from the great thinkers of history. Google can lead us directly to them, but only we can spend time in their company. Search results can help us only if they are the start, not the end, of our intellectual quest.
via Doug Belshaw