Jun 1 2010
This excellent video by Kate Ray is really about the future of the web and the ongoing intensive discussion about how to shape it and make it a reality. What’s clear to me is that if we are able to realize the semantic web it would be a great boost to the overall usefulness of [...]
May 27 2009
Reads the title of the Travolution blog post guest written by Mark Seall which I found very thought provoking. I thought it might be useful to repeat my comments here as well: If the major travel players are indeed aware of the fast changing environment they are operating in, it isn’t reflected in how their [...]
May 14 2009
also referred to as Web 3.0, Linked Data, Semantic Web is covered in this very informative post on ReadWriteWeb. There has been a lot of discussion for quite some time, mostly in tech circles on the topic of what is coming next on the web in terms of developments that will make it a smarter [...]
Apr 28 2009
Today’s the tenth Anniversary of The Cluetrain Manifesto – The end of business as usual. Here’s part of the introduction: A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and getting smarter faster than [...]
Mar 6 2009
at Davos 2009 IdeasLab, by Tom Ilube I found this a very easy to understand presentation about what for the mainstream still remains somewhat of a mystery – The Semantic Web. My favorite is the quote on the last slide by Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Feb 18 2009
according to Tim Berners-Lee in Outside the Lines – CNET News and although the article was published last year, it still contains great examples of some of the features the smart web will bring. TBL is a true visionary, and one with a great track record of delivering on his ideas so this is not [...]
Feb 16 2009
Great post by Kevin Kelly on his blog The Technium: Two Strands of Connectionsim The chart visualizes in a compelling way the space we’re in right now and the path forward which is often described as the semantic web or web 3.0 and what will happen beyond as the web continues to evolve. This has [...]
Feb 6 2009
is how Tim Berners-Lee in an interview with Boing Boing at TED2009 describes what the semantic web is about and comments why many have a problem understanding this next stage of development on the web. Here’s a key quote for me: It’s not the first time I’ve had this paradigm-shift problem. Early on, people really [...]
Dec 19 2008
in this article Making sense of the ‘semantic Web’ and presents a very innovative example by a German company of the kind of tools we will see being introduced over the coming years. The impact will be felt across all industries including travel. The huge amount of data about travel produced by so many sources [...]
Dec 17 2008
as John Markoff reports in this article Slipstream – A Software Secretary That Takes Charge on NYTimes.com about web based intelligent assistants. The company mentioned – Rearden Commerce – is a leader in providing this kind of advanced services mostly to business travelers today that we will see more of in future and that will [...]
