Many thanks to Pam O'Connell who made the Gender Genie the lead item in her New York Times column, Online Diary. We're famous!

Since the article was written, our numbers have changed a bit. Thanks to mentions on several high traffic web sites (addictinggames.com, bluesnews.com, and metafilter.com), the genie has analyzed more than 390,000 documents submitted by over 200,000 unique users. Welcome to everyone who has stopped by to try it out.

It's also true as mentioned in the article that I have been working with Koppel and Argamon to improve the genie. The version which had been printed in The New York Times Magazine was a "toy" for readers like us to play with. The actual algorithm is quite complicated, but they have sent me a simplified yet web-friendly formula to help improve the genie's accuracy.

Stay tuned since the update is to be released very soon.