[...] Give a little and take a little – this one is from Weblogg-ed – Ms. Dewey is a new search engine that has a bit of an attitude (complete with an evil laugh after some period of inactivity when she says that the more we ask, the more she’ll know, and eventually she’ll know everything!). I guess she’s actually not that new, she’s (Janina Gavankar) powered by Live/MS Search and according to Wikipedia is an experiment on the part of MS to see how people will use it (I guess that means geeks will spread it virally). [...]
Version française sous l’hyperlien plus bas. Thanks to Joseph Denault, Louis Garceau, François Brosseau and Éliane Limbert for this English version. Slides were possible because of the good work of Marie-Hélène …
I may never use Google again! Of course, I did not do much searching. I just watched Ms. Dewey get agitated to see what sarcastic thing she would say next.
[...] Will Richardson’s statement, “Google is just too boring” caught my eye, so I followed his link to Ms. Dewey. He’s right, this new search engine experiment from Microsoft will catch the attention of many because of a couple of things: entertainment and a real person seeminly talking to me. Ms. Dewey has several intro scenes, that pull the viewer into the screen because she’s looking right at the camera and making a connection. If you wait too long to type a topic into the text box, she taps on the invisible glass partition in front of her and asks, “Anyone there?” and snipes ” Hello, type something here [pointing to the text box].” This personal touch is definitely a draw. [...]
Will,
I did exactly what a teenage boy would do. I typed in an inappropriate search term.
Ms. Dewey did not disappoint!
Gary
[...] Give a little and take a little – this one is from Weblogg-ed – Ms. Dewey is a new search engine that has a bit of an attitude (complete with an evil laugh after some period of inactivity when she says that the more we ask, the more she’ll know, and eventually she’ll know everything!). I guess she’s actually not that new, she’s (Janina Gavankar) powered by Live/MS Search and according to Wikipedia is an experiment on the part of MS to see how people will use it (I guess that means geeks will spread it virally). [...]
Ask Ms. Dewey who George Bush or Jimmy Carter are!
My presentation at LeWeb3…
Version française sous l’hyperlien plus bas. Thanks to Joseph Denault, Louis Garceau, François Brosseau and Éliane Limbert for this English version. Slides were possible because of the good work of Marie-Hélène …
I may never use Google again! Of course, I did not do much searching. I just watched Ms. Dewey get agitated to see what sarcastic thing she would say next.
Found it fascinating! Typed in a certain “celebrity” from Sirius satallite and she picked it up. Missed on some other things but still a lot of fun!
[...] Will Richardson’s statement, “Google is just too boring” caught my eye, so I followed his link to Ms. Dewey. He’s right, this new search engine experiment from Microsoft will catch the attention of many because of a couple of things: entertainment and a real person seeminly talking to me. Ms. Dewey has several intro scenes, that pull the viewer into the screen because she’s looking right at the camera and making a connection. If you wait too long to type a topic into the text box, she taps on the invisible glass partition in front of her and asks, “Anyone there?” and snipes ” Hello, type something here [pointing to the text box].” This personal touch is definitely a draw. [...]
Wow! Thanks for this info. I thought this was some sort of a joke? While Ms. Dewey was thinking, she was huffing.