Matt McAlister, over at the Guardian, wrote a fantastic piece earlier today about the way the Semantic Web has panned out; and you should definitely read it (http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2009/11/25/508/socially-linked-data/). I just wanted to snip out a simple quote from his post: “Openness makes you more relevant. It creates opportunity. It’s a way into people’s hearts and… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘Semantic Web’
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Tags: http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2009/11/25/508/socially-linked-data, information, open, Semantic Web
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|This first appeared as a guest post on ReadWriteWeb, republished with kind permission Journalism has always been about reporting facts and assertions and making sense of world affairs. No news there. But as we move further into the 21st century, we will have to increasingly rely on “data” to feed our stories, to the point… Read More
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Tags: Nodalities Magazine, Open Data, Semantic Web, Talis, Technology/Internet, The Guardian, Tim Berners Lee, United Kingdom
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Talis, my employer, has been a big promoter of Linked Data and open-access to information, because we see that new ideas often arise when existing ideas come together. Innovation, if you like, occurs at the join between ideas when they connect. I see this as fundamental to the way ideas and their applications (technology) advance…. Read More
Friday, May 1st, 2009 Tags: API, Platform, rdf, recombination, Semantic Web, semantic web standards, Talis, web-like network, www.talis.com/cc
Category: Perspective, Semantic Web No Comments
I’ve been blogging a bit over on Nodalities about “stuff being connected”. The idea being basically: everyone is constantly creating data—all the bits of information that can be used in abstract. These tiny bits of information are constantly being generated by every process we undertake, from the obvious like online banking to the more obscure… Read More
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Tags: bank balances, cellular telephone, computing, GBP, linked data infrastructure, little processors, online banking, rdf, relational database, Semantic Web, software tools, web site points
Category: Digital, Perspective, Semantic Web 2 Comments
I’m planning to attend this year’s Future of Web Apps conference in London. Their list of speakers sounds fantastic, and I’m really looking forward to meeting some folks in real life. I’m particularly interested in this conference for its stated focus on the web community. Just have a look at the Agenda: How to grow… Read More
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Tags: awesome web, development, Digital, entreprenours, GBP, London, online startups, Semantic Web, Web 2.0, Web Apps, Web Apps conference, web community
Category: Digital, Semantic Web 2 Comments
I just watched this talk by Richard Baraniuk (link if embed doesn’t work), about opening up access to educational text and information. One of the most amazing ideas from his talk and the project they’re working on (Connections) is open-sourced text books. The idea is that collaborative text-books, published on-demand could answer more questions and… Read More
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Tags: abstract, Education, ideas, interesting, Richard Baraniuk, Semantic Web, semantics
Category: Semantic Web 4 Comments
I tend to live in a world of metaphor. It’s not my fault, according to Lakoff and Johnson. We all use metaphor all the time: to construct our thoughts and work out abstract concepts. I’ve been exploring this a bit in the context of the Semantic Web over on Nodalities. Please feel free to have… Read More
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Tags: abstract, blogging, concepts, conduit metaphor, ideas, me, semantic, Semantic Web
Category: Semantic Web 1Comment
I’ve been doing quite a bit of reading on the Semantic Web lately, and its primary feature from the perspective of a writer is a difficulty of easy definition. It avoids simple sobriquet and isn’t explained without analogy and lengthy description. The best way I have come to think of the whole system is as… Read More
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Tags: Digital, ideas, interesting, introduction, Nicolas Cynober, nova spivack, Radar Technologies, semantic, Semantic Web, Tim Berners Lee, Web Talk, writer
Category: Digital, Semantic Web No Comments
Describing a company or concept as "Web 2.0" is so, last half-decade. Nevermind that most people still haven’t heard the phrase. If you don’t believe me, go ahead and poll your office or family: unless you’re not allowed out of the IT dungeon or your family all work as tech-bloggers, my guess is that they… Read More
Monday, November 5th, 2007 Tags: Digital, Facebook, internet phenomenon, online experiences, online startups, semantic, Semantic Web, social networks, Twitter, Web 2.0
Category: Digital, review 2 Comments
Describing a company or concept as "Web 2.0" is so, last half-decade. Nevermind that most people still haven’t heard the phrase. If you don’t believe me, go ahead and poll your office or family: unless you’re not allowed out of the IT dungeon or your family all work as tech-bloggers, my guess is that they… Read More
Monday, November 5th, 2007 Tags: Digital, Facebook, internet phenomenoon, online experiences, online startups, semantic, Semantic Web, social networks, Twitter, Web 2.0
Category: Digital, review No Comments
