What about those not using social networking?
Twice today I was asked by people who are infrequent or non users of social networking solutions (and blogs) – how do you avoid leaving the non users out? Or, when you are looking at a restaurant recommendation ot a wine recommendation – how valuable is the recommendation, given it is only based on information [...]
Semantics – for data and for documents
No doubt about it – linked data seems to be where it ia and will be for some time. CEOs traditionally have one eye on the external and one eye on the internal – relying on COOs, CFOs etc to drive the inside efficiently while they figure out the positioning, the alliances, the competitive advantage. [...]
Explaining the semantic web
We’ve just had the great semantic web conference, semtech, on West Coast. Lots of interest, new initiatives, buzz. Have been fielding more questions from the general populace – what is the semantic web? Have tended to focus on the difference between being able to access data rather than documents over the web. I think the [...]
linked data – lots of upside but major rethinking required
Linked data poses some interesting questions for us as individuals and in our organisations. Traditionally we have held that information is power – and therefore have guarded our information. Much of the time this has included guarding our data. To make linked data work we are looking to encourage much greater publications and sharing of [...]
Distinguishing Web 3.0, Semantic web and Data Linking
I had commented some time ago on the differences/ advances between web 1.0, web 2.0 and web 3.0. Earlier this month Greg Boutin published an excellent series of three postings in which he has looked at web 3,0, semantinc web and data linking in consdierable detail – in an attempt to ensure that we have [...]
twitter v. google for (re)search
Where would we be without google (search)? It has opened up a world of information for all of us. But what now as twitter gets a real foothold. It feels a little like the difference between listening to an hourly nes bulletin and reading a daily newspaper. Perhaps with Google I can find the more [...]
Semantic web in Ireland
Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 and then some!