Daily Archives: March 22, 2008

Collective Behavior Perspective

Posted on March 22, 2008 by

There’s a remarkable feature on Edge.org.  I point it out because it’s robust dialogue about collective behavior.  In particular, the discussion is decidedly not casual agentish, mind-body dualist nor monocasual.  Dr. Couzin is refreshing!  His approach ties very well to … Continue reading →

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Google Behavior Based Advertising

Posted on March 22, 2008 by

How convenient!  Slashdot had a lead post about Google ad patents and these patents are all about behavioral targeting. 19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein actions of the user monitored are selected from a group of user actions … Continue reading →

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Vertical Media (Glam, Break, Federated…) – blah!

Posted on March 22, 2008 by

Today a little bit of a spat broke out about Federated Media and Glam. John Battelle wanted to make a general statement when specific ones can easily be made.  Most of these vertical ad networks and vertical ad plays stink.  … Continue reading →

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