May 9, 2010

• RT @john_avery: Started "Power of Pull" http://ow.ly/1HgP3; realize it's more antithesis to http://ow.ly/1HgLq than like @PullNews #
• Does anyone here use hootsuite? When I use it to tweet, the tweets come to LinkedIn twice. I can't find anything about this online. Any clu… #
• RT @john_avery: Started "Power of Pull" http://ow.ly/1HgP3; realize it's more antithesis to http://ow.ly/1HgLq than like @PullNews #
• Not the future of music but a good start: http://magnatune.com/ #
• RT @mashable 5 Ways Facebook's Open Graph Will Impact E-commerce – http://bit.ly/cvkOqt #
• Learn privacy, identity, and innovation in Seattly this august: http://www.techpolicycentral.com/pii/ #
• Cool projects: http://www.commerce.net/ #
• Google TV is coming (open streaming + apps > iPhone): http://www.pcworld.com/article/191848/google_tv_its_inevitable.html #
• Google Data Explorer: http://www.google.com/publicdata/home #
• Freebase announces their implementation of the Facebook Open Graph: http://blog.freebase.com/ #
• Free Gov't Info blog: http://freegovinfo.info/ #
• Learn cloud-based infrastructure at the Cloud Identity Summit (and enjoy Colorado in summer): http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com/ #
• More great data visualizations: http://www.maxkiesler.com/ #
• Frogdesign blog is worth reading: http://ow.ly/1FQ6w #
• RT @TimO'Reilly RT @OReillyMedia #Ebook Deal of the Day: Beautiful Data – Only $9.99 use code DDBDA http://oreil.ly/aKzIOE #
• This is why business people should attend the semantic technology conference in June: http://ow.ly/1ET2i #
• RT @mfhepp: Slightly improved markup for the #goodrelations vs. #opengraph vs. #google #richsnippets vs. #microformats: http://bit.ly/9VlN45 #
• An interview with Jay Myers of @Bestbuy, using #RDFa and #GoodRelations to find new customers: http://thepowerofpull.com #

May 2, 2010

• Next time you do a Google search, click on "options" and try the "wonder wheel" – is it semantic? You tell me! #
• Rotten Tomatoes implements RDFa and Open Graph Protocol – http://bit.ly/bgGNVY #
• The MIT Copenhagen bike wheel – amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7y3qIQu3Gc&feature=related #
• Finally, I think we have reached the point where no one cares if you have an iPad. Whew! #
• Now I am looking for another good site to feature it for the 2nd week. Any ideas? I am looking for business and future sites. Know anyone? #
• News flash: I have made an 8-minute video introducing pull and the semantic web. the economist will debut it soon for a week exclusively… #
• Mendeley Throws Open the Doors to Academic Data Catalogue search: http://bit.ly/aMugGz #
• Cologne based library takes a step towards Open Data: http://bit.ly/amT1YA #
• I talk about this in my book, digital death will become more important. Cool conference about digital death: http://digitaldeathday.com/ #
• If you're in the Bay Area, sign up for the Internet Identity Workshop, May 17-19: http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/ #
• RT @billroberts: Interesting http://www.mkbergman.com/880/the-bipolar-disorder-of-linked-data/ #
• Will there be a Facebook phone? I'll bet there will be: http://thepowerofpull.com #
• RT @chrismessina: Fascinating and encouraging thoughts on Flash from Steve Jobs: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ #
• My blog about why the FB Open Graph is no big deal, and we have much more to do (plus – FB camera prediction): http://thepowerofpull.com #
• Chris Messina jumps from FB to Google: http://therealmccrea.com/ #
• Angel and venture investing way up in the past 6 months: http://ow.ly/1DYFR #
• Woohoo! Open fruit fly data for geneticists! http://openflydata.org/ #
• David Siegel on the Facebook Open Graph: http://thepowerofpull.com/pull/blog #

April 25, 2010

• Enjoy Doug Menuez' beautiful photos of Vietnam and hear him talk about the Canon D700: http://ow.ly/1vRGC #
• Thoughts on the Facebook announcement? Interesting blogs? Email or message me directly. Thanks. #
• Atlantis shuttle video in high def: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpBNr-oNT1g #
• Just tap your arm or other body part and your computer or phone will do your bidding: http://www.dcviews.com/press/skinput.htm #
• Fred Wilson on the graph: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/04/one-graph-to-rule-them-all.html #
• White house goes open source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/tech #
• Thanks to all my new followers!! You will not be disappointed! #
• I don't understand why George Soros thinks the SEC can regulate anything at all. It's like asking a donkey to guard your chickens. – DS #
• Are you good at solving problems? Here's a list of problems that need solving: http://ow.ly/1C84R #
• Great presentations at the SemWeb Meetup tonight. The hardest part was finding the room, the best part was Evan Sandhaus and Garlik. #
• Woah – to watch NASA videos, you have to have the Windows or Real video player installed. Which century are we in?? #
• Good morning! My blog today continues the Copernican revolution – I think you'll find it worth reading: http://thepowerofpull.com #
• What makes this recession remarkable is the hubris and lack of responsibility to the American people shared by those who created it. #
• Here comes the spime! Phone Halo helps you find your keys and kids using your mobile phone: http://www.phonehalo.com/ #
• Semantic web meetup in New York tomorrow!! http://semweb.meetup.com/25/calendar/12648244/ #
• "Facebook is to the web as iPads are to netbooks" – David Siegel (http://www.thepowerofpull.com) #
• My two guest American Express blog articles on Pull and the semantic web for small business: http://ow.ly/1AU7b #
• The story of stuff: http://www.storyofstuff.org/ #
• Thanks to all the people who read my blog and are helping get the word out about Pull: http://www.thepowerofpull.com -DS #
• I will be a guest blogger at the World Innovation Forum in NYC in June: http://www.HSMGlobal.com/us/WIF -DS #
• Finally, Google addresses the print-from-anywhere problem. Why has it taken so long? Where are MSFT and AAPL in this? http://ow.ly/1zw1Y #
• My blog today is about changing worldviews. Please pass it on: http://thepowerofpull.com/pull/blog #
• Vendor Lock-in FAIL (Apple): http://www.slate.com/id/2250993/ #

April 18, 2010

• More than 99% of "aid" to Africa doesn't work or worsens things. This addresses the problem with a brilliant solution. http://ow.ly/1A0pw #
• Welcome new followers! Semantic web during the week and fun on the weekends. Today: lose the lobbyists: http://www.takepart.com/CasinoJack #
• Research for my talk: can anyone find a table or graph of worldwide office paper use over the past 20-50 years? I can't find it. Thanks! #
• Israel blocks iPad over wireless concerns: http://ow.ly/1zGfW #
• Had a fun discussion with people in Seattle last night, hosted by Morgan Stanley and MC'd by Robert Kruse of http://www.facetnow.com – Thanks! #
• Plan to attend the semantic technology conference in San Francisco, June 21-25: http://ow.ly/1yDP3 #
• A recent summary of electronic health records: http://ow.ly/1yzkY #
• Please send people to my Amex blog, part I: http://ow.ly/1yzjH #
• Happy tax day – help make April 15th just another day: http://www.fairtax.org #
• My blog today talks about John Hagel's new book, "The Power of Pull." http://thepowerofpull.com #
• Just published: What Pull and the Semantic Web Mean for Small Business, on the AmEx site, part II: http://ow.ly/1yzvT (please pass it on) #
• Had a great interview today with Jay Myers of Best Buy – they are doing interesting projects with open data. More soon … #
• At Bootstrapper summit, I asked how many people would feel pain if MSFT closed doors & declared a big dividend: 2 of 50 raised their hands. #
• I used to use PowerPoint, but now I LOVE Keynote. It has improved my life tremendously. #
• Don't forget, semantic bazaar April 22nd in NYC: http://semweb.meetup.com/25/calendar/12648244/ #
• RT @loic: Bringing a Smarter Search to Twitter – NYTimes.com more @bill_gross news http://ping.fm/iACm2 #
• When the government starts pulling, rather than pushing us to pay taxes, we all win: http://www.fairtax.org #
• Tax day is this week – help make April 15th just another day … #
• My blog today is about the online identity movement and a great video on where we are today in identity: http://thepowerofpull.com/ #
• Has anyone gotten an invitation to participate in Quora? If you can get me an invitation, I would love that. http://www.quora.com/ – DS #
• Start your week by visiting thrivable: http://thrivable.wagn.org/thrivable #

April 11, 2010

• According to the Nielsen Company, American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter… #
• Awesome virtual clock ipad app: http://emeraldsequoia.com/eo/ #
• Be sure to See Hans Rosling's latest video showing how SMALL the west is, compared to the rest of the world: http://ow.ly/1vQvJ #
• Web site of my company in Cambodia: http://www.superbricks.biz #
• My recent blog post is an open letter to Canon and Nikon about the future of digital cameras: http://www.thepowerofpull.com #
• #drupal may be the first mainstream #semanticweb winner http://bit.ly/dfkiu2 #
• how about wearing a t-shirt with your blog's QR code printed, people point their phone at your t-shirt and they know u.http://bit.ly/cFsYoQ #
• We can see some smoke coming out of the top of the building. Several firemen went up a ladder and are on the roof. 72nd and Columbus NYC #
• At the intersection of banking and medical informatics and billing: http://mbproject.org/ #
• Good interview with Marco Neumann, the time is now for the semantic web: http://ow.ly/1uxxb #
• The first semantic toys are already on the market: http://www.violet.net/ #
• TechCrunch article/interview on Quora and their recent funding: http://ow.ly/1udsc #
• Please spend a little time investigating Linked Life Data and tell me what you think of it: linkedlifedata.com – DS #

April 4, 2010

• Is the iPad cool? I suppose. Is it push? Yes. #
• Welcome new followers! On weekends, I share all kinds of things. M-F it's pull and the semweb. See these cool photos: http://ow.ly/1usuj -DS #
• but springpad doesn't pass the semantic web acid test. i was just trying it out because i said i would in a recent blog post. – DS #
• someone asked if springpad is semantic – yes, it tries to snap your various notes and tasks to topics and organize them automagically. #
• New Yorkers, don't forget the Semantic Bazaar and meetup on April 22nd! http://semweb.meetup.com/25/calendar/12648244/ #
• I tried Springpad, the semantic note database, and I like the back end but front end display is not what I would like in a task manager. -DS #
• Had a great time at the Bootstrapper summit today – thanks to Richie and all the people who came! -DS #
• I'm giving the closing keynote to this event tomorrow; get away from work for a day of hard-core networking! http://bootstrappersummit.com/ #
• Hey, great discussion going on at ReadWriteWeb about my book and the semantic web – join in! http://ow.ly/1tmKr #
• Hey, someone set up a Facebook fan page for Pull! Please join: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pull-and-the-Semantic-Web/104439692928375 #
• Richard McManus has reviewed my book on ReadWriteWeb – please jump into the comment war and set the record straight! http://ow.ly/1sI44 #
• Interesting interview with Michael Osofsky, co-founder of NetBase: http://ow.ly/1rO6C #
• Don't forget, the Internet Identity Workshop is coming to Boston May 17-19: http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/ #
• See which companies are already enabling the 'Internet of Things' and how Twitter may help http://bit.ly/d6BmM8 #
• I would love to hear from people who have tried http://springpadit.com – is it better than Evernote? -DS #
• More awesome infographics: http://www.coolinfographics.com/ #

March 16, 2010

Keywords: Facebook, Power Of Pull, QR Codes

We are excited to read that Facebook has kicked off on adopting the ideas of PULL by David Siegel. Facebook has started working on enabling users to generate a QR code of their profile. You can now generate a 2-Dimensional QR code of your profile and provide a link to it on your facebook home page. As David talks in his book PULL, anyone can use a smart phone to scan your QR code and then be able to pull your details whenever they want. Mobile phones around the world have already been enabled to be able to scan QR codes and read the embedded data. What more, QR codes can store much more data including photos, links and text than a standard normal barcode. Now, you can generate your facebook QR code and print it on top of your t-shirt, enabling people to read more about you as you walk. Learn more at techcrunch.com.

March 15, 2010

Keywords: Evri, Semantic Service

Evri, a company which leverages Natural Language Processing and Semantic Technologies to identify names of people, companies and things inside a raw stream of text has been acquired. While there is official news about the acquisition everywhere, the acquirer company’s name is not known yet. Evri was strongly backed by Vulcan Capital and recently released an updated version of their website. However, you may read the detailed news announcement at ReadWriteWeb.

March 12, 2010

Recently Zach Beauvais of Talis interviewed Martin Belam, an information architect at the Guardian in London, about the future of news in the Talis Nodalities blog. Martin is a big proponent of open data. It’s a podcast worth listening to. – DS

March 10, 2010

Phil Windley, identity and security expert, interviews David Siegel on a wide-ranging series of topics. This is especially good for technologists and people working in the semantic web. You’ll find it today on the IT Conversations Network.

March 10, 2010

The UK’s Daily Mail reports that Japan’s “communications minister Yoshihide Suga has announced that the Japanese Government wants to completely replace the existing internet by 2020.” Apparently, he thinks people want something better. We agree. We at Pullnews believe that infrastructure and access shape the way we use a network, and the Internet certainly has plenty of legacy features that aren’t scaling well at all. What do you think?

March 9, 2010

Keyword: Enterprise, Semantic Framework, MIKE2.0, Open Source

For those in the enterprise community who want to incorporate semantic technologies, we are excited to introduce to you the release of Open SEAS by Structured Dynamics. Open SEAS nails the fundamental requirement of the semantic web, which is to establish a coherent interoperable layer across your information assets. It is now part of an open source community named MIKE2.0, an integrated knowledge project with a methodology of defining ways to deliver your information management projects, thus allowing you to be part of a 2000+ members group free to expand its capabilities. Open SEAS adopts the layered semantic enterprise thoughts of MIKE2.0 and is based on the Seven Pillars of Open Semantic Enterprise. There are many more features and a detailed overview at the AI3Blog maintained by Mike Bergman.

March 5, 2010

A year ago, IDC produced an excellent video on the size of our digital universe. It starts out talking about the financial crisis but soon gets into some serious numbers. It’s easy to watch and very informative. Enjoy the IDC Digital Universe Video now.

March 5, 2010

Keywords: NetBase, Funding, Semantic Search

NetBase, a start up firm in the Semantic Search space has raised a third round of funding worth $9 million. NetBase is a company which lets you gain structured insights into the vast amount of data from blogs, news stories, articles and even status updates. NetBase plans to utilize this fund for serving several other markets in marketing and business development initiatives. Read the announcement at paidContent.org and learn more about NetBase’s capabilities at NetBase.com.

March 4, 2010

Image via Wikipedia

We have just learned from blogger Priyank Mohan that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with several prominent semantic companies to launch ViewChange.org, a semantic-powered hub for charities to build communities and share inspiring stories. The site will launch in June, but be sure to see this exciting video by Danny Glover explaining the project and how you can help now.

March 3, 2010

I love the concept of the fourth party by Doc Searls. It’s the agent software we’ve been dreaming about forever, and the semantic web will enable it. Phil Windley, in his excellent blog, breaks down the concept clearly, and includes a few references to my book as well. Phil’s blog is called Technometria – I recommend you visit often. – DS

March 1, 2010

TechMeMe reported yesterday that Google will acquire PicNik, a browser-based photo-editing software site that makes it easy to edit your photos right online. Many PicNik members use the software on Yahoo’s Flickr site, which Google promises to continue to allow. It’s another pull-based company getting recognition for doing things right. Eventually, Adobe and its flagship product, Photoshop, will have to give way to net-based collaborative design and editing tools. Read more on the PicNik blog. Congratulations to the entrepreneurs and employees of PicNic!

March 1, 2010

Talis has launched Nodalities, a magazine helping to explain the semantic web. The current issue has a great article on GraphOS – the data web as an operating system. Please bookmark the Nodalities page and read it often! 

March 1, 2010

The Advertising Show has just released a podcast featuring an interview with David Siegel, author of Pull. Check it out.

February 26, 2010

Keywords: Eurovoc, Linked Data, Law, SKOS

Eurovoc is a new multilingual thesaurus joining the list of legal resources available as “Linked Data” on the web. It focuses on the law and legislation of the European Union and is available in 21 different languages. Eurovoc is also converted to SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization Systems), a common data model used for linking knowledge organization systems including thesauri, taxonomy and classification systems. There have already been a big list of Linked Data resources available for the legal domain. To learn about the Pull model for the legal domain, read chapter 13 from David’s book Pull. For a detailed list of Linked Data resources for legal professionals, access the list here. You may read about the announcement at Legal Informatics Blog and start accessing Eurovoc at Europa.

February 26, 2010

Keywords: URIBurner, Linked-data, OpenLink Software

URIBurner.com

Ever wished to be a part of growing linked-data cloud without need to deal with geeky terms of RDF, OWL, etc.?  Here is URIBurner.com, a simple but powerful service  from OpenLink Software that delivers RDF-based structured descriptions of Web addressable resources (documents or real world objects) in a variety of formats through Generic HTTP URIs. When Kingsley Idehen, CEO of OpenLink Software, pointed to this linked-data view of our Book’s page, we were impressed.

February 26, 2010

A few weeks ago, David wrote a blog post explaining that humans are already generating and consuming more than 3.6 zettabytes per year. What is a zettabyte? What is the meaning of the data explosion we’re in the middle of? Two people have tried to measure and put all this information in perspective. First, Roger Bohn at UC San Diego has been working for years trying to measure the amount of data we consume. See his project, How Much Information and tell him we sent you. Second, a guy named Randy has put up a page called Whatisabyte.com, putting all this information in perspective.

February 25, 2010

In Pull, David introduces the concept of the digital birth certificate for products and even services. One of the many benefits of linking this kind of data is to track who owns what, exactly, and that’s very useful in the case of a product recall. Toyota is now in the middle of the largest product recall in history , and the process is messy at best. Last week in the Huffington Post, David Stephenson argued that it’s time for the semantic web to start solving large-scale problems like product recalls. His thoughts are worth reading.

February 25, 2010

Identity Commons, which includes the i-card foundation and OpenID, will have their 10th workshop in Boston, May 17-19. The workshops were started by Doc Searls, Kaliya Hamlin, and Phil Windley, all of whom contributed to David’s book, Pull. They call their work “practical idealism.” Check it out.

February 24, 2010

Keywords: Linked Data, Talis, UK Government

You can now find hot spots for investment in areas including RFID and Advanced Composites with just a single click. Talis has developed an application for the UK government recently which shows the locations of Centers of Excellence for potential industries, by leveraging the ideas of Linked Data. Talis also launched data.gov.uk recently. Access their application at bis.clients.talis.com and read their announcement at Nodalities Blog.