developed computer algorithms that collect publicly available information on a
subject — broad or obscure — and, aided by his 60 to 70 computers and six or
seven programmers, he turns the results into books in a range of genres, many of
them in the range of 150 pages and printed only when a customer buys one
He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work) - New York Times - 0 views
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Mr. Parker has generated more than 200,000 books
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“I guess it makes sense now as to why the book was so awful and frustrating.”
ABC News: Get Credit: College Offers YouTube Class - 0 views
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Here's a dream-come-true for Web addicts: college credit for watching YouTube. Pitzer College this fall began offering what may be the first course about the video-sharing site. About 35 students meet in a classroom but work mostly online, where they view YouTube content and post their comments.
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She hopes the course will raise serious issues about YouTube, such as the role of "corporate-sponsored democratic media expression."
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YouTube is "a phenomenon that should be studied," student Darren Grose said. "You can learn a lot about American culture and just Internet culture in general."
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