‘Giant’ reference lands us in ‘HotStuff’: Trend-spotter blog
HotStuff 2.0, written by Dave Pattern in the U.K., searches hundreds of library-related blogs “to discover new and/or interesting topics.”
Lo and behold we were recently among the trendies, thanks to our use of the word “giants” to describe Google and Amazon. Hardly the most novel word in that context—newspapers and public interest activist love to use “giant” to describe large corporations. But at least we used “giant” in good company.
But what’s the significance of the graphic? “A daily blog post is generated using a single word that has seen a marked increase in usage over the last few days. A ‘Word Wheel’ image shows the strength of the links between that word and other words that have also recently seen an increase in usage. This can sometimes help to put to the words into context, but mostly it’s just an excuse for some eye candy!”
Detail: Nope, I don’t know if “Dave Pattern” is his real name, but it sure looks that way—I doubt he’s using a pseudonym on the job.
August 29th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Yep, that’s his real name – pretty smart guy!