Wikipedia – Science, Technology, Society

Building meta data, semantic web and a wiki for relevancy

Posted on December 1, 2013December 25, 2013 by timbatchelder

Let’s build a semantic web by creating a Wikipedia for relevancy
Jim Benedetto, gigaom.com

Everyone is always asking me how big our ontology is. How many nodes are in your ontology? How many edges do you have? Or the most common — how many terabytes of data do you have in your ontology?

We live in a world where over a decade of…

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Furthering the Semantic Web with a Wikipedia of Relevancy (semanticweb.com)
100 most popular Computer Science talks in 2013 (videolectures.net)
Let’s build a semantic web by creating a Wikipedia for relevancy [GigaOM] (gigaom.com)
Dandlion’s New Bloom: A Family Of Semantic Text Analysis APIs (semanticweb.com)

Google knowledge graph on drugs

Posted on December 13, 2012April 10, 2013 by timbatchelder

Google: This is your Knowledge Graph on drugs
by Casey Newton, cnet.com

Google’s evolving database of the relationships between people, places and things gets a new dose of medicine.

Searching for information about medicine on Google? You’ll soon find drugs injected into your search…

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Google Adds Non-Profit Details To Knowledge Graph (searchengineland.com)
LoveFlutter Finds Your Match Using Google’s Knowledge Graph (mashable.com)
Google Harnesses Knowledge Graph, Facial Recognition to Give Movie Insight (mashable.com)
Your Brand Needs a Google Knowledge Graph. Here’s How to Get It. (lorirtaylor.com)

Quotes from Steve Jobs

Posted on November 12, 2012April 7, 2013 by timbatchelder

12 Inspiring Quotes from Steve Jobs That Enrich your Day
Zoe B, lifehack.org

Steve Jobs was not just a visionary genius, but a man with an incredible passion for innovation, and a man who changed the world as we knew it. His lust for life was so huge that he used to look at his reflection in the mirror each mornin…

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Trailer for iSteve Starring Justin Long as Steve Jobs (shoppingblog.com)
A New And Incredibly Fitting Memorial For Steve Jobs (macgasm.net)
Steve Jobs Created Next Two iPhones Before Passing Away (newsy.com)

Ultraviolet photography – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Posted on November 12, 2011February 11, 2013 by timbatchelder

UV Designer Rolf Bender — UV Designer Rolf Bender (Photo credit: Beo Beyond)

Ultraviolet photography – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Mac OSX Spotlight as a file management tool

Posted on March 23, 2011August 23, 2012 by timbatchelder

Apple OS X Mountain Lion — Apple OS X Mountain Lion (Photo credit: Kansir)

Spotlight (software) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

a great search tool. The new emphasis on text mining of unstructured files means you can just put all your files into one large folder and then with good tagging and search find them more quickly than if they are meticulously categorized

Text Analysis and Text Mining Are Powerful Tools (arnoldit.com)
SemanticWeb.com “Innovation Spotlight” Interview with Elliot Turner, CEO of AlchemyAPI. (semanticweb.com)
Introducing SemanticWeb.com “Innovation Spotlight” Series with Pingar (semanticweb.com)
Editors’ Choice: Where to start with text mining (digitalhumanitiesnow.org)
Cloud Based Angle for Clinical Trial Text Mining (arnoldit.com)
Mountain Lion’s New File System (informationarchitects.net)
Mac 101: Use Spotlight for quick review of Calendar events (tuaw.com)
Mac OS 10.8.1 Mountain Lion released, fixes issues in Thunderbolt, Exchange, Migration assistant, iMessages and more (9to5mac.com)

Semiotics: the relevance of the social science of signs to modern business

Posted on August 23, 2010August 23, 2012 by timbatchelder

English: Human, Machine, Tag — English: Human, Machine, Tag (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Semiotics – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

What Do Novelists Know Of Economics? (andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com)
Can You Guess Which Neuroses These “Mental Spa Treatments” Cure? (bellasugar.com)
7 Tricks for a Great First Impression (inc.com)
There’s no better master class on the semiotics of getting… (putthison.com)
Structuralism (prmarketingcommunication.com)
What is a ‘code’, and how might it be significant in the analysis of media? (thinkingbookworm.typepad.com)
Semiotics and Formalism (prmarketingcommunication.com)
Semiotics of offensive advertising (adreamerofdreams.wordpress.com)

Trimpin: sound artist, kinetic sculptor and composer

Posted on May 9, 2010February 9, 2013 by timbatchelder

Trimpin Dorkbot tour — Trimpin Dorkbot tour (Photo credit: ekai)

Trimpin – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Trimpin is a Seattle, Washington-based^[1] kinetic sculptor,^[2] sound artist,^[1] musician, and composer. Check him out.

Trimpin’s high-tech whimsy takes over Seattle’s Winston Wächter (seattletimes.com)
Currently Hanging: Trimpin’s Thomas Kinkade Peep Show (slog.thestranger.com)
Kinetic toothpick sculpture of San Francisco (boingboing.net)
My Positive Perspective Hosts Broadcast to Define Goals of Partnership with Kinetic Hifi Radio Station (prweb.com)

Tapping into the Invisible Web

Posted on May 9, 2010February 9, 2013 by timbatchelder

A majority of the web is a closed network. Good definition:

Invisible Web – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Invisible Web (farisyakob.typepad.com)
Gary Flake Demos Pivot at TED (billives.typepad.com)
Want to Grow Your Business? Get Out and Network! (Part 2) (grasshopper.com)
My Child’s Imaginary Friend – Readers dish on their kids’ invisible playmates (babble.com)
How To Make Your Apps Invisible Without A Jailbreak (appadvice.com)
Latest Human Trial on Zeolite Provides the Answer to the “Invisible Killer” (prweb.com)

Comparison of Internet forum software

Posted on August 24, 2009August 24, 2012 by timbatchelder

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Comparison of Internet forum software – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Want Good Feedback? Ask Good Survey Questions (blogs.constantcontact.com)
Zendesk Makes Great Customer Support Easy (rackspace.com)
Salesforce.com announces private customer communities, aims for Social Business leadership (customerthink.com)
The Cloud Is Here With Plenty of Growth Coming [Slides] (blogs.sap.com)
HootSuite, Get Satisfaction Tighten Integration (informationweek.com)
Yammer Seeks to Simplify Enterprise Social Network Usage With Upgrade (pcworld.com)
How do you Get Satisfaction? By joining the TypePad forum! (everything.typepad.com)
Get Satisfaction gets it right (1000flowersbloom.typepad.com)
Human Engineering and Emotional Intelligence for Startups (vccafe.com)

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