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Semantic Wikis: Finding Answers Quickly During Disasters

Friday, December 15, 2006

In this XML.com article, Soenke Ziesche proposes using wikis to “share information faster and more easily during emergencies” by enhancing them semantically. Ziesche recommends the use of the Semantic MediaWiki a WikiProject designed to develop a single solution for ...

Filed under: Web 2.0 : Wikis

SlideShare: YouTube for Presentations

Monday, October 30, 2006

We’ve received numerous requests for copies of slide presentations over the years. Now, with the help of our favorite online slide sharing service, SlideShare, we can share our slides with you via a web browser.

SlideShare is like YouTube for presentations. ...

Filed under: Presentations : Technical Writing : Web 2.0 : Examples

Porn: The Reason The Semantic Web Won’t Work?

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Internet porn is big business. So too, are match-making, dating, personal ad, and “hook up” services—you know, those online environments created to connect like-minded adults to one another for whatever activities strike their fancy. Nowadays, adult entertainment ...

Filed under: Web 2.0

Incredibooks: Kids Creating Structured Content With Blogs

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Structured blogging is a mystery to many technical writers and other content creators. But it needn’t be. Creating structured content for reuse with the help of a blog is easy. So easy, in fact, children are doing it (and making a profit). Check out Incredibooks for a ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : Structured Blogging : Web 2.0 : Examples

The Future of the Internet According to Tim Berners-Lee

Friday, August 04, 2006

In this PC World article, The Future of the Internet According to Tim Berners-Lee, Tim Dean writes: “It’s just a matter of time before people appreciate the potential of the semantic web… It’s like today’s World Wide Web, except instead of only being readable by ...

Filed under: Internet : Metadata : Search : Web 2.0

Pandora’s Jam Box: Internet Radio That Learns From You

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

How do you get millions of people to voluntarily tell you what they like and dislike and to help you categorize an entire library of content. Offer them something they want. That’s exactly what internet radio pioneer Pandora is doing, to the delight of listeners. ...

Filed under: Content Management : Music : Metadata : Music : Web 2.0 : Examples

The Progress and the Promise of Microformats

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

In The Progress and the Promise of Microformats, Tantek Çelik and Rohit Khare explore the hot topic of microformats—what they are, why they’re important, and who is using them today. The article does a good job of explaining how microformats can—and are—impacting the ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : Structured Blogging : Microformats : Web 2.0

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