In October’s edition of the Semantic Web Gang, a full complement of regulars is joined by Radar Networks‘ CEO Nova Spivack and Chief Architect Jim Wissner in a discussion of Twine.
Unveiled at the Web 2.0 Summit in November 2007 and released in beta earlier this year, version 1.0 of Twine was opened to the world toward the end of October, and widely reported (see my coverage on ZDNet here, for example.)
In this discussion we touch upon the purpose of Twine, review the first few days of live operation, and then focus upon the team’s plans for the future.
When originally announced, Twine was closely associated with the Semantic Web, although the company’s current marketing is less quick to make that link. In conversation we discover more about priorities for the 1.0 release and dig into some of the ways in which semantic technologies will play an increasingly important role moving forward.
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This conversation was recorded on Friday 31 October, 2008.
In September’s edition of the Semantic Web Gang, regular members are joined by three guests to discuss the investment potential of the Semantic Web and semantic technologies.
With continuing investment in (and acquisition of) companies for whom semantic technologies are a key part of their proposition, we explore the extent to which investors are interested in ’semantic technology’ per se, and look at recent investments from Union Square Ventures to illustrate the wider discussion. A number of entrants to this year’s TechCrunch 50 event feature a semantic technology focus, and we also look at these with the help of Union Square’s Brad Burnham, TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld, and VentureBeat’s Chris Morrison.
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This conversation was recorded on Thursday 18 September, 2008.
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In August’s edition of the Semantic Web Gang, guests Peter Mika and Giovanni Tummarello join the regular members to discuss search and the Semantic Web. With much excitement around the topic and cutting edge developments such as SearchMonkey and Sindice there are many issues for the gang to discuss. The need to clearly communicate the benefits of any new technology surfaces as a strong theme throughout the discussions, as does the need to improve the range and quality of vocabularies for describing data on the Semantic Web.
Gang regular Alex Iskold was unavailable for this call. Standing in for regular chair Paul Miller was gang member Tom Heath.
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In July’s edition of the Semantic Web Gang, regular members are joined by two guests to discuss developments in the display and navigation of Semantic Web data.
With so much effort being devoted to the back-office manipulation and storage of semantic data, it is all too easy to forget the opportunities - and challenges - posed in inviting mainstream users to ‘browse the graph’ of semantic data. With expert contributions from MIT’s David Karger and the DBpedia team’s Christian Becker, the Gang sets about ensuring that the Interface is not forgotten.
Gang regular Daniel Lewis was unavailable for this call, and OpenLink’s Ted Thibodeau participated on his behalf.
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This conversation was recorded on Thursday 17 July, 2008.
In June’s edition of the Semantic Web Gang, regular members discuss their impressions of two recent conferences that set out to explore semantic technologies in the context of business applications.
The Semantic Technology Conference was held in San Jose in May 2008, and the Linked Data Planet Conference in New York City in June, finishing shortly before this show was recorded.
At around 28 minutes into the call, discussion turns to the environmental impact and other costs associated with events like these, and the Gang talk about where the value in these events really lies.
The call closes with discussion of news from Hakia, which had just announced the imminent availability of a new API.
Gang regular Tom Heath was unavailable for this call, and Talis CTO Ian Davis participated on his behalf.
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This conversation was recorded on Friday 20 June, 2008.
In May’s edition of the Semantic Web Gang, regular members are joined by special guest Barney Pell from Powerset. We talk about Powerset’s unveiling of their public beta earlier this week, hearing Barney’s thoughts on the process, press coverage, and the reactions of real users.
The Gang also discuss their reactions to the launch of Yahoo! SearchMonkey, and look ahead to the Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose.
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This conversation was recorded on Thursday 15 May, 2008.
In April’s edition of the Semantic Web Gang, regular members are joined by special guest Georgi Kobilarov from the Free University of Berlin. We discuss Bret Taylor’s notion of a ‘Wikipedia for Data,’ and look at the role that semantic technologies should play in connecting diverse pieces of data together within and between organisations.
Recorded just before the recent World Wide Web Conference in Beijing, the discussion also explores the possibility of a disconnect between academic and commercial conference-goers, asks whether or not this gap is real and (if real) a problem.
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This conversation was recorded on Thursday 17 April, 2008.
Today we’re launching a further series of podcasts to add to the range currently available to you. This new Semantic Web Gang will be a regular monthly show, tapping into insights on the news of the moment from some of those at the forefront in bringing the Semantic Web vision to reality.
We shall be adding to the Gang in the coming months, as well as introducing the occasional special guest from time to time.
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See this post on ZDNet’s blog, The Semantic Web, for more discussion.
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This conversation was conducted on 20 March 2008.
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