Haystack 2019 day 2 – doubling down on relevance with the Relevance Avengers
I’ve already written about the first day of Haystack 2019, here’s a quick summary of the second day. We returned to the cinema, noted that Avengers Endgame was still…
Haystack 2019 day 1 – grab your popcorn, it’s Relevance Avengers time
You may remember I was ever so slightly enthusiastic about last year’s inaugural Haystack conference in Charlottesville, Virginia – it would perhaps be unseemly to be so effusive again,…
Test-driven search relevance tuning – for free!
As you may know OpenSource Connections has a commitment to search relevance that goes beyond our expert consultancy and training – we genuinely want to build a community of…
Weather fork-cast: Cloudy with a chance of Elasticsearch
There have been some interesting moves by cloud computing providers over the last few weeks with respect to search and relevance, particularly concerning the Elasticsearch open source stack. As…
Search Insights 2019, a new report from The Search Network
Search Insights 2019, a new report from The Search Network As many of you will know I’ve now joined OSC as a Managing Consultant – so here’s my first…
Stop Worrying about Solr vs Elasticsearch Decisions
I used to fall into a trap that many search teams do. Faced with a seemingly consequential choice, with two products that seem to be fairly similar, it’s easy…
Flax has joined OpenSource Connections
Flax has joined OpenSource Connections! On February 1st 2019 Flax’s Managing Director Charlie Hull joined OpenSource Connections (OSC), Flax’s long-standing US partner, as a senior Managing Consultant. Charlie manages…
Why Haystack? Democratizing Search Relevance!
We’re proud to be putting on another Haystack in late April. But why? A few people have asked me why we need another search conference? What’s the purpose behind…
A Synonym By Any Other Name: From Alt. Labels to Knowledge Graphs
There’s been some discussion lately on what the behavior of synonyms should be in Solr and Elasticsearch. As you know, this is one of our favorite topics. At the…
An Introduction to Search Quality
Welcome, dear reader, to my first OSC blog post. Let’s dive in! While search relevance is often equated with ensuring customers find what they need, that is only part…
Recap of Activate 2018
This article is been a bit late, but better late than never. Activate was a fantastic conference, and Lucidworks and the Montreal Sheraton were gracious hosts. These are a…
Relevance Engineering is Here to Stay: Haystack EU 2018 Recap
Thanks Flax and Rene Kriegler for partnering to plan a tremendous Haystack EU event in early October. It was gratifying to see the relevance community come together. I love…