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Mr. Google's Guidebook (2008) (whimsley.typepad.com)
36 points by akkartik on Sept 13, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



That's something rare on the web these days.

Too often, all textual content is optimized for shares, search engines, and algorithms.

Reading fiction that makes a point is a happy surprise.

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Speaking of which: I now realize that today's web spiders are completely ignorant of fiction. You can't write a piece of fiction without algorithms interpreting your work literally.


mirror?





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