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Dan Russell on The Joy of Search
Manage episode 363921761 series 2485252
Dan Russell spent 17 years working at Google, with a significant part of that tenure as a Search Anthropologist: “someone who tries to understand how people search, what kinds of things they seek, and how their tools influence their search process.” Dan is the author of The Joy of Search, which is the focus of our conversation today.
Show notes
- Dan Russell
- The Joy of Search: A Google Insider’s Guide to Going Beyond the Basics by Dan Russell
- The Library of Congress
- Felis silvestris catus - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (Spanish)
- Sagrada Família - Wikipedia (Catalan)
- Howard Rheingold on Tools for Thought – The Informed Life
- ChatGPT
- Google Bard
- Bing
- scite: see how research has been cited
Show notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.
If you're enjoying the show, please rate or review us in Apple's podcast directory:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-life/id1450117117?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200
Chapters
1. Dan Russell on The Joy of Search (00:00:00)
2. About Dan (00:01:35)
3. How people search (00:03:09)
4. Conversing with a search engine (00:06:13)
5. The role of curiosity (00:09:16)
6. Do one more search (00:12:34)
7. Don't limit yourself to one language (00:15:37)
8. Search beyond online (00:18:05)
9. Understand organizational schema (00:20:53)
10. Large language models and search (00:26:52)
11. Closing (00:31:58)
147 episodes
Manage episode 363921761 series 2485252
Dan Russell spent 17 years working at Google, with a significant part of that tenure as a Search Anthropologist: “someone who tries to understand how people search, what kinds of things they seek, and how their tools influence their search process.” Dan is the author of The Joy of Search, which is the focus of our conversation today.
Show notes
- Dan Russell
- The Joy of Search: A Google Insider’s Guide to Going Beyond the Basics by Dan Russell
- The Library of Congress
- Felis silvestris catus - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (Spanish)
- Sagrada Família - Wikipedia (Catalan)
- Howard Rheingold on Tools for Thought – The Informed Life
- ChatGPT
- Google Bard
- Bing
- scite: see how research has been cited
Show notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.
If you're enjoying the show, please rate or review us in Apple's podcast directory:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-life/id1450117117?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200
Chapters
1. Dan Russell on The Joy of Search (00:00:00)
2. About Dan (00:01:35)
3. How people search (00:03:09)
4. Conversing with a search engine (00:06:13)
5. The role of curiosity (00:09:16)
6. Do one more search (00:12:34)
7. Don't limit yourself to one language (00:15:37)
8. Search beyond online (00:18:05)
9. Understand organizational schema (00:20:53)
10. Large language models and search (00:26:52)
11. Closing (00:31:58)
147 episodes
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