What's New 4 August 2010
Can I legally use Microsoft Office on two computers? Yes, you can!In a twitter reply by Microsoft Australia (MSAU) today, we were reminded of a Microsoft Office license term that many people aren't aware of. The reply to a tweeted question stated that whilst the Home and Student edition of Microsoft Office is licensed for installation on up to three machines, all other versions of Microsoft Office are in fact licensed for installation on two machines. Specifically, the license terms state:
The tweet from Microsoft Australia offered an interesting insight that you might not have been aware of: any version of Mic...
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OPAL Training - August 4, 2010 Author: Mary at slq
Current Cites for March 2010
Current Cites for March 2010 is out! You can find the issue here...
Unfortunately, I missed the deadline by a mere few seconds so the following review of the article, "Engineering the Web's Third Decade" will have to wait till next month's issue. Here's a sneak-peek:
As we enter the Internet's 'Third Decade', it's only natural to speculate on what 'Web 3.0' will look like. One of the characteristics, at least judging by this article, will be a healthy dose of 'modesty'. Development will be "more evolutionary than revolutionary". We can expect a "more dynamic, pervasive, and perhaps even more human experience". The focus w...
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Chicago Librarian - Design, Techology & Culture from a Librarian living in Chicago - March 30, 2010 Author: Leo Klein Tags: Library Literature
UKSG09 Uncertain vision in sunny Torquay
Glorious sunshine greeted the opening of the first day of UKSG 2009 in Torquay yesterday. The stroll along the seafront from the conference hotel (Grand in name and all facilities, except Internet access - £1/minute for dialup indeed!) was in delightful sharp contrast to the often depressing plane and taxi rides to downtown conference centres.
The seaside theme was continued with the bright conference bags. Someone had obviously got hold of a job lot of old deckchair canvas. 700 plus academic librarians and publishers and supplier representatives settled down, in the auditorium of the Riviera Cent...
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panlibus - March 31, 2009 Author: Richard Wallis Tags: Libraries Library 2.0 Open Data Organisation of knowledge RDF Semantic Web Systems and technologies Teaching and learning Web 2.0 Web 3.0 UKSG'); UKSG09'); RDF'); Triples'); Serials'); Semantic Web');
Catching the next wave
Catching the next wave was the title of my opening track keynote presentation in the “Catching the semantic wave - or down in a sea of content?” session of the “Order out of chaos – creating structure in our information universe” track at the Online Information Conference 2008. Presentation below from Slideshare.
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This is a very well attended track. Standing room only in most of the sessions, great interest in the Semantic Web, Web 2.0, and associated concepts and technologies. From a lightly attended single session last year, this topic has grown in to an over subscribed 2nd track this ye...
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panlibus - December 3, 2008 Author: Richard Wallis Tags: Online Information 2008 Semantic Web Systems and technologies Web 2.0 Web 3.0 onlineinfo2008'); Semantic Web'); Web 3.0'); Linked Data');
Semantic Future for Libraries – Martin Malmsten Talks with Talis
Martin Marlmsten is from the LIBRIS department of the Royal Library of Sweden – LIBRIS being the discovery interface for the library.
Since joining as a software developer has been absorbed in to the world of library search and discovery. He played a major part in the build and launch of the latest LIBRIS search interface which has introduced under the surface some Semantic Web and Linked Data features.
We discuss his career, the use of User Centered Design & Iterative Development methodologies, the Semantic Web techniques and technologies he used, and their future applicability to the library domain.
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panlibus - August 19, 2008 Author: Richard Wallisrichard.wallis at talis.com Tags: Libraries Podcast RDF Semantic Web Web 3.0 Royal Library of Sweden'); LIBRIS'); Linked Data'); Semantic Web'); Library'); Talis'); Podcast');
Jim Hendler talks about the Semantic Web and Artificial Intelligence
In our latest podcast I talk with Jim Hendler, Tetherless World Senior Constellation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. We discuss Jim's early experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, before digging into some of his observations on competing interpretations of the Semantic Web and exploring the relevance of Semantic Web ideas to users of today's Web 2.0 applications.
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See this post on ZDNet's blog, The Semantic Web, for more discussion.
During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI Winter
Si...
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Talking with Talis - March 20, 2008 Tags: Artificial Intelligence Jim Hendler podcast Podcasting Semantic Web Talis Talking with Talis W3C Web 2.0 Web 3.0
Semantic web & Web 3.0, even 2.0
Allan Cho over at Allan's Library sent me this interesting editorial from the improbably-named Elsevier title the Journal of Web Semantics [preprints]. The editorial is entitled "Semantic web and web 2.0" and introduces a bunch of papers on the topic, using the idea of the 'social-semantic web' - conflating web...
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UBC Academic Search - Google Scholar Blog - February 6, 2008 Author: dean.giustini at ubc.ca Tags: Today ' s news
Daniel Lewis Talks with Talis about the Social and Semantic Webs
In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, I talk with Daniel Lewis. We discuss some of his ideas about the 'Social Web', and the relationship between this and the ideas and technologies of the Semantic Web.
Since recording our conversation, Daniel has left Curverider and is seeking new work.
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Download MP3 [32 mins, 15Mb]
During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;
APML
FOAF
Knowledge Media Institute
Linking Open Data
Microformats
OAuth
Open Social
Open Socket in Facebook
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Geek Nights
Oxfordshire Semantic Web Interest Group
Revyu.com
Six Apart's Livejournal
SK...
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Talking with Talis - November 24, 2007 Tags: Daniel Lewis podcast Podcasting Social Web Semantic Web Talis Talking with Talis Web 2.0 Web 3.0
