Gregory Todd Williams

Onfocus points out that Amazon’s API just added the TextStreamSearch method:

This method lets you send an arbitrary bit of text to Amazon, they analyze it for keywords, and then make product recommendations based on that text. This would let you send, say, an entire weblog post and get product recommendations based on that text.

I think this would also make an interesting addition to the Remembrance Agent or any of the new projects based on a similar idea (Dashboard).

Update: Onfocus now has a form front-end to the new API method. I tried it out on a few text blocks, but couldn’t get any results back from the Electronics category.