Following words on the chaotic and qualitative but fun world of Folksonomies: for those of us that do not have hours of time to sift information could a more machine-based attitude to data interpretation and retrieval be the answer?
Welcome to the Semantic Web.
Driving the Internet to a place where the humdrum, bureaucratic parts of [...]
Today I was reading content in a folksonomic site. For reference Wikipedia defines a folksonomy as "an Internet-based information retrieval methodology consisting of collaboratively generated, open-ended labels that categorize content such as Web pages, online photographs, and Web links.
A folksonomy is most notably contrasted from a taxonomy in that the authors of the labelling system [...]
Web 2.0 is a label that has been given to many web sites, applications and services. I think that this arbitrary label has sprung into existence because we have reached a point where so many people are working in the same direction that it feels tangible, in reality it’s a very difficult thing to tie down to a fixed definition.
We created Biofind from a website I found on the web called the “Biotech Rumor Mill”.
It was run by a British postgrad student who was working at Boston University, and so I went over to the US and brought it back. That was in 1997, and the site has been well used by the [...]
Is it me or is Google taking over the World! I am sure there are many software companies out there wondering what Google is going to develop or buy next and offer for free* as part of Google Pack.
Google Analytics nee Urchin Analytics, previously attainable by applying on line and then waiting a long time, [...]
