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09.03.10
Elevator Pitch: VisualBee plugs life into PowerPoint - The Guardian
08.17.10
Bridging the gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW

06.23.10
SemTech 2010 Hosts Web Day 3.0 at the Annual Semantic Technology Conference, Thursday, June 24th - Limited Seating Still Available

David Recordon, Senior Open Programs Manager of Facebook and best-selling Author, David Siegel will keynote the conference.

06.22.10
The Power of Social Media Data in Business

With just about every major brand and celebrity on Facebook and Twitter, the line between social media and popular culture is becoming harder to distinguish by the day. What is evident is the incredible power social media has in uncovering popular sentiment and the way information is being shared and disseminated. The sheer amount of data amassed on any social network on any given day holds an incredible amount of intelligence and insight into where the collective sentiment of the masses lies.

05.05.10
Why They Can't See It - The Pew Survey

Today the Pew Center released a survey regarding the future of the Semantic Web. More than half of those responded didn’t think that the vision associated with the Semantic Web would be realized – that’s a startling conclusion, really. It’s even more remarkable given the fact that those who responded negatively didn’t think it would even happen by 2020.

Why is there such an overwhelming level of confusion surrounding Semantic Technology? I’ll offer an opinion that might clear it up somewhat…

04.21.10
A Giant Whooshing Sound

Did you hear that sound this week? The giant whooshing sound? There was a great disturbance in the Force, as if thousands of Semantic Web academics, implementors and enthusiasts sighed in unison and their critics were silenced. I believe something wonderful has happened.

With apologies to Mr. Lucas, I don't think that little bit of exaggerated whimsy is far from the truth.

04.19.10
Put Your Desktop in the Cloud to Support the Open Government Directive and Data.gov/semantic

Disclaimer:  This article does not reflect the views of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and does not constitute endorsement by the EPA of the standards or products mentioned.

A Semantic Cloud Computing Desktop/Mobile Apps with Linked Open Data consists of the following:

04.05.10
Context + Semantics + Phones = Consumer-Oriented Semantic Applications

When most people think about "semantic" or "Semantic Web"-based software, they tend to think about applications that are quite explicit about their use of RDF, SKOS and OWL. While these types of applications are clearly becoming more popular, the vast majority of people have no clue why they should care about such things.

04.05.10
Context + Semantics + Phones = Consumer-Oriented Semantic Applications

When most people think about "semantic" or "Semantic Web"-based software, they tend to think about applications that are quite explicit about their use of RDF, SKOS and OWL. While these types of applications are clearly becoming more popular, the vast majority of people have no clue why they should care about such things.

03.08.10
FOAF Spec Updated; Twitter/FOAF Bridge

While doing preparation for some upcoming talks, I noticed that the FOAF specification had been updated to version 0.97 in January. It had been quite some time since there had been activity on this vocabulary so it is good to see some love shown to it. According to the specification, some of the new changes include: