Taste. Glue binds the social and Semantic Web | Outside the Lines - CNE. For the last few years AdaptiveBlue has offered a semantically rich Web application that understands things such as books, movies, and music. Clicking on text, such as a company or movie name, brings up a context-sensitive menu of related links. The company is taking its technology a step further, adding a social dimension and renaming the product, "Glue. " Along with Radar Networks' Twine and Powerset's Wikipedia search engine (acquired by Microsoft), Glue offers a compelling glimpse into how the Semantic Web will add a new, powerful level of intelligence to the Internet. Rather than just connect things to related data and services, it also connects things to people and people to people and their things.
For example, when a Glue user visits a site with things the software recognizes, such as a movie, artist, wine book, restaurant, or stock quote, a bar appears at the top of the screen with a list of friends and other people in the Glue network who looked at that object. New Year, New Job, New Blog : The New Sleekness. Two announcements to kick off 2010. First, check out the new blog. I’m launching The New Sleekness with other smart, bookish types to fill a hole in publishing punditry: voices from the boots-on-the-ground folks actually working directly in that sweet spot of publishing and technology. I hope you’ll add us to your RSS Reader. And second, YES! I have a shiny new job. I’ll be starting as director of business development at AdaptiveBlue on January 18th, working with a product you may already be using: Glue. Glue provides an entirely new of way of connecting authors and books directly to readers (aka, one of the smartest things we publishing geeks can be doing).
Before taking this new gig, I thought a lot about what it meant to leave big-house publishing (or ‘legacy publishing,’ as we’ve taken to calling it around here). As someone looking to fool around with the way that publishing works, this has been hard for me. Innovation, life - Why I Like Glue & You Can Too. My first attempt with a video demo. The victim? AdaptiveBlue’s Glue . I’ve been on Glue for about 4 months now and have loved using it, but I’ve always wished more of my friends would give it a try. Last night, after hearing me talk about Glue for about the 50th time, a few friends started asking questions. They wanted to know how I benefited from using Glue. I hope this video helps someone who’s wondering that same thing - what Glue can do for them. Last week, Tac Anderson did a video demo on how to post to Twitter using Diigo on his blog, New Comm Biz .
This is far from perfect, but it’s the first shot. This to That (Glue Advice) Glue: Getting Started. Do You Smell What I Smell? It's really a shame this blog isn't scratch and sniff, because I'd love you all to smell what's in my kitchen right now. The kids and I cooked up a batch of chocolate play dough over the weekend. And let me just tell you, it smells so much better than it looks. Here's the recipe: Chocolate Play Dough 1 1/4 cup flour1/2 cup cocoa powder1/2 cup salt1/2 tablespoon cream of tartar1 1/2 tablespoon oil1 cup water Mix dry ingredients in a medium size pot. We also made some gingerbread play dough, which doesn't smell quite as good as the chocolate, but is still nice and spicy.
Our little friend Luke turned three the other day, and he is rather keen on play dough right now, so we packed a half pint of each play dough for him. While we were having fun in the kitchen, we also made a batch of stamp glue, inspired by a recipe I found over at Salt and Chocolate several months back. Stamp Glue In a small bowl, sprinkle the gelatin on the cold water. Cut out pictures.