Comments on: A Dopplr puzzle: the answer http://blog.dopplr.com/2008/08/15/a-dopplr-puzzle-the-answer/ News, discussion and design chat about Dopplr Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:46:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dConstruct 2008 notes | AlastairC http://blog.dopplr.com/2008/08/15/a-dopplr-puzzle-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-4086 dConstruct 2008 notes | AlastairC Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:49:34 +0000 http://blog.dopplr.com/?p=295#comment-4086 [...] built up the top 1000 destinations, but also had to build a ’stop list’ of the common words in emails that are also town names, e.g. [...] [...] built up the top 1000 destinations, but also had to build a ’stop list’ of the common words in emails that are also town names, e.g. [...]

]]> By: eric http://blog.dopplr.com/2008/08/15/a-dopplr-puzzle-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-4058 eric Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:24:38 +0000 http://blog.dopplr.com/?p=295#comment-4058 Unfortunately you forgot to mention Fucking in Austria, and Petting in Bavaria ;-) Unfortunately you forgot to mention Fucking in Austria, and Petting in Bavaria ;-)

]]> By: smyles http://blog.dopplr.com/2008/08/15/a-dopplr-puzzle-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-4033 smyles Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:08:52 +0000 http://blog.dopplr.com/?p=295#comment-4033 It sounds like you need to treat these words as not just "stop" words. (Where I work, we have similar problems with a set of "trouble" companies, e.g. Target, Google, Iceland...). For example, when you find a word like "nice" or "transfer", you could look to the left and the right of it, to see if there are typical words associated with a place, to determine which sense of the word is being used in the email. It might also be helpful to see if the words are capitalized in the middle of sentence. And, if you have the staff, you could even send these emails for manual review. Nice to see a window into Dopplr's workings... It sounds like you need to treat these words as not just “stop” words. (Where I work, we have similar problems with a set of “trouble” companies, e.g. Target, Google, Iceland…). For example, when you find a word like “nice” or “transfer”, you could look to the left and the right of it, to see if there are typical words associated with a place, to determine which sense of the word is being used in the email. It might also be helpful to see if the words are capitalized in the middle of sentence. And, if you have the staff, you could even send these emails for manual review.

Nice to see a window into Dopplr’s workings…

]]> By: Laurent FP http://blog.dopplr.com/2008/08/15/a-dopplr-puzzle-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-4031 Laurent FP Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:52:20 +0000 http://blog.dopplr.com/?p=295#comment-4031 <a href="http://laurent.pierssens.com/2008/08/15/im-nowhere-near-ok-usa/" rel="nofollow">I did come across Nowhere, OK, USA a few weeks ago</a> but never thought there would be some many. I did come across Nowhere, OK, USA a few weeks ago but never thought there would be some many.

]]> By: I’m Nowhere near OK, USA | Laurent's blog http://blog.dopplr.com/2008/08/15/a-dopplr-puzzle-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-4030 I’m Nowhere near OK, USA | Laurent's blog Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:48:53 +0000 http://blog.dopplr.com/?p=295#comment-4030 [...] What do the following words have in common? mobile, page, nice, for, name, union, best, dollar, tours, split, accident, mile, list, central, deal, deposit, trip, this, back, carry, center, start, kilo, purchase, transfer, goes, plan, media, sale, downtown, fully, luck, normal, comfort, call, local addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flaurent.pierssens.com%2F2008%2F08%2F15%2Fim-nowhere-near-ok-usa%2F'; addthis_title = 'I%26%238217%3Bm+Nowhere+near+OK%2C+USA'; addthis_pub = 'lfp'; [...] [...] What do the following words have in common? mobile, page, nice, for, name, union, best, dollar, tours, split, accident, mile, list, central, deal, deposit, trip, this, back, carry, center, start, kilo, purchase, transfer, goes, plan, media, sale, downtown, fully, luck, normal, comfort, call, local addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Flaurent.pierssens.com%2F2008%2F08%2F15%2Fim-nowhere-near-ok-usa%2F’; addthis_title = ‘I%26%238217%3Bm+Nowhere+near+OK%2C+USA’; addthis_pub = ‘lfp’; [...]

]]> By: David Owens http://blog.dopplr.com/2008/08/15/a-dopplr-puzzle-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-4028 David Owens Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:41:01 +0000 http://blog.dopplr.com/?p=295#comment-4028 I'm fascinated by how complicated the systems for recognising trips are. It had never occurred to me that words like this could cause problems. Great series of posts. I’m fascinated by how complicated the systems for recognising trips are. It had never occurred to me that words like this could cause problems.

Great series of posts.

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