Powerset is proving that it is not only chock full of NLP and CompLing ninjas, but also is not too shabby when it comes to online promotion. Powerlabs is a program for developers which gives them access to Powerset capabilities - it is also a channel through which anticipation can be built. Yesterday, Steve Newcomb posted a screen shot of the Powerlabs interface. Before he did this, he pushed some pictures out to the Powerlabs group.
Personally, I find this kind of premeditated promotional scheme a red flag. "Power Buzz" is a good way to describe it, but it's a negative in my view. When it's ready to go, launch it. Users will decide if it's worthy of praise or not.
I'm curious as to whether they're doing anything more substantial than natural language queries? I'm not convinced that people really having a burning need to ask a natural language question versus the on-going use of keywords. For example, I like what ClearForest has done with ClearForest Gnosis. Now that adds value, IMO.
Posted by: Jeffrey | June 15, 2007 at 10:16 AM