Re: [tlug] Use a Computer for Boring Repetitive Tasks (was Re: You are Not a Gadget, by Jaron Lanier)

[Kyle Hasegawa <kylehase@example.com>]

On 4/2/2010 11:17 AM, jep200404 wrote:
> Charles Muller wrote:
>    
> > But I can't spend every waking minute of the day scouring
> > Wikipedia entries [for copies of my content posted without
> > my permission].
> >      
> For a boring repetitive task, use a computer.
>
> Have a robot use a search engine to search for strings of stuff
> from your content, and notify you when it find matches that are
> close on Wikipedia or elsewhere.

That's exactly what Google Alerts does
http://www.google.com/alerts

--Kyle