by Zach Beauvais | Dec 17, 2008 | Digital
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...
by Zach Beauvais | Dec 8, 2008 | From Nodblog
Originally appeared on Nodalities Blog: http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities I was listening to the Today Programme on Radio 4 the other morning, and heard that the vast majority of computers in the world are not part of PC’s. Most processors are thinking away in...
by Zach Beauvais | Nov 1, 2008 | Life
Image via Wikipedia This morning, after switching on the kettle, I set my laptop on the kitchen surface and shuffled through the BBC iPlayer’s “Factual” category—looking for something interesting to keep me company as I made my porridge and coffee. I...
by Zach Beauvais | Oct 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
Image by Zach_Beauvais via Flickr For me, one of the things which makes the idea Semantic Web so fascinating is the idea that “stuff” online is treated as real. What I mean is that the things we like online, are very often the things we like offline:...
by Zach Beauvais | Oct 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
It is usually more interesting and educational to see a good heart-felt debate than complete agreement so you are in for a treat if you take the time to read the following from Nick Carr, Tim O’Reilly and the Smoothspan blog. You can see from the debate...