Craig Villamor — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:21:16 GMT

This is an interesting approach to the problem, but it seems a much simpler and possibly more effective approach would be to search across more fields (as first suggested here by Random Passerby). Users may remember other attributes about the person such as the department or division they are in, their boss’ name, etc. The addition of tags could also be helpful. For example, allowing employees to tag their own profile with relevant attributes such as their area of expertise, current and previous projects or teams they’ve worked on would increase their odds of being found and wouldn’t require a complex matching algorithm on the back-end.

Boxes and Arrows: Comments by Craig Villamor