Blog
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Introducing Primal Assistants: A framework for software agents
Primal does a lot of heavy lifting in knowledge representation and content filtering. If you ask it to grab you some relevant content around your interests, it will do precisely that. But what if you don’t want to have to ask? Search engines are…
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Why The “Star Trek Computer” Needs Open Data…And Scotty, Too
Do you share this opinion? So given that, what can we say about the eventual development of something we can call “The Star Trek Computer”? Right now, I’d say that we can say at least two things: It will be Open Source , and…
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Recommending Blog Posts within News Articles
In this post, we’re going to integrate Tumblr content into a Yahoo news feed, through the following steps: Step 1: Create an interest graph about a Yahoo news article. Step 2: Filter Tumblr content through the interest graph. Step 3: Integrate filtered Tumblr content…
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Content Recommendations based on a Webpage
How do you recommend products or content for a very specific interest at a moment in time? In this post, we’ll show you how to build a world-class recommendation engine using Primal’s data service.
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How to Train Your Personalization Dragons
I love this post by Joshua Fruhlinger, Please don’t personalize me. I know who I am. It captures a sentiment that many of us share (1) (2) (3). Joshua provides a wonderfully non-technical and simple summary: I know who I am. I don’t need…
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Primal: “Welcome to your interest network”
Some things are too important to leave to anyone else. For me, the health of my family is one example. There isn’t an aspect of that interest that I can live without. And when new information surfaces, it needs to find me. Whether its…
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A Personalized News App
In the sections that follow, we’ll show you how Primal can support your product development efforts by providing the data that describes the interests of individuals and finding the content that people will truly love!
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Primal CEO Yvan Couture featured in Communitech’s 15th anniversary video series
As part of their 15th anniversary celebrations, Communitech decided to check in with a few key entrepreneurs from Waterloo Region’s world-class technology community, including our own CEO Yvan Couture. In this video series, Yvan reflects on the genesis of Communitech and his role in…
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Social Media Analysis using your Interest Graph
News alert! Your social network wants to get to know you. Unfortunately, identifying and understanding your interests based on 140 characters is pretty hard to do! That’s why marketers are busy trying everything to get to know you better. In this post, we’ll demonstrate…
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How Primal’s artificial intelligence creates meaningful interests data
The most frequently asked question about Primal is, Where do you get the interests data? It’s a fair question. If Primal is the most comprehensive source of open interests data in the world, it begs the question of where we get this valuable data.…
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Why a small Waterloo company needs a world-class Board of Directors
You can’t do it alone! Starting and growing a company requires dedicated founders, strong internal leadership, and exceptional employees. But it doesn’t stop there. Having outside advisors and external board members brings vital experience, fresh perspectives, and guidance that’s critical to success. At our…
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Primal-Powered Learning Sherpa Voted Education App with Most Potential
Learning Sherpa, a Primal-powered application that tailors educational content based on the intersection of interests between educators and students, was awarded The Learners’ Choice Prize in the Desire2Learn Edge Challenge. Learning Sherpa was selected as the submission with the most potential to have a…
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Five Surprising Ways to Use Interest Graphs
Interest graphs simulating human activity Imagine filling out your social network with digital companions or forming focus groups of imaginary people for your market research. Interest graphs are supposed to represent the interests of real people, right? But what if real people aren’t available?…
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A Reality Check on Big Data
The fervor around big data continues to grow. The World Economic Forum and The New York Times are jumping on the bandwagon. While we share their enthusiasm for the potential, big data needs a reality check. Here are just a few of the how-do-you-get-there-from-here…
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What is Interest Networking?
A growing list of companies are making “interests” the focus of their value proposition: Twitter allows you to “follow your interests”; Gravity (AOL) “unlocks the interest graph”; Pinterest “organize(s) and share(s) the things you love”; Quora “connects you to everything you want to know…
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A Movember to Remember
Primal’s Mo Bros for 2011. During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces around the world. With their “Mo’s”, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. If you’d like…