January 22, 2008Search engine competition
You know now search engine, marketing, money are all lumped in one big category. All the buzz about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and online advertising and Web 2.0, I don’t think us end users can keep up with all these terms.
I read on Geeksg.com that A*star was came up with a competition “The Star Challenge 2008″ to develop “a rich media search engine that will be smart enough to identify text, audio and video containing any word, even if that word, or search term, has not yet been tagged in the internet material”. I have to give them credit for coming up with this competition even though some are quite skeptical if this race will contribute to the current research.
What’s more surprising to me is when I took a look carefully at the website which I read this news - Geeksg.com . Honestly, more “geeks” in Singapore are just your average techies.
Techie - Wikipedia
Techie is a term, derivative of the word technology, for a person who displays a great, sometimes even obsessive, interest in technology, as well as high-tech devices, particularly computers.
Geeks or nerds are often also considered to be techies; however, the reverse is not necessarily true and more people who would not be considered “geeks” are becoming techies, especially with the advancement of technology in recent years.
See, I can consider myself a Techie which sounds wayy cooler than being labelled a geek. Although deep inside, I’m a geek :\
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