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Web 3.0 is only partly about semantics
There is nothing more frustrating than a gaggle of geeks sitting in your boardroom talking about simple concepts in an unnecessarily obfuscatory manner because their revenues are tied to your inability to understand what they're saying or the bills you're paying. One of the prime targets for this confusion is the Semantic Web . They will tell you it's about artificial intelligence, accronyms such as RDF, object-oriented data structures and meta this and hypertext that. The bottom line is this: the Semantic Web is about bringing information to life. This is achieved by providing context to the information you publish on the Web. Currently most of the information published on the Web is stored in pages of HTML, which is a language used to define how the information is displayed, not what the information actually is.
Takeaway: The bigger and more complex a project gets, the more you need formal processes and techniques to effectively manage the work. Project management expert Tom Mochal explains the purpose, value, and implementation of the most critical aspects of successfully managing a project. Small projects don’t necessarily require much knowledge of project management or much project management discipline. But as a project gets larger, formal processes and techniques become essential.
Master these 10 processes to sharpen your project management skills | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com
While web 1.0 refers to the original, information-oriented web, and web 2.0 refers to the social web, the term web 3.0 refers to the currently evolving version of the web, though there are different views of what it actually entails. It doesn't exist on any large scale yet but, depending on which view of web 3.0 you accept, it's possible to see the beginnings of a shift towards web 3.0 in a variety of recent developments. Some see web 3.0 as the semantic web , also called the intelligent web , where software agents will use metadata to "read", collate and integrate information, enabling them to give what appear to be "intelligent" responses to human operators. (Note that this is not the same as artificial intelligence , where machines infer the meaning of web data as opposed to finding and processing it.) This idea is associated with Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the world wide web.
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Angel Profiling (2): Global Directory of Blogging Angels - David B. Lerner
This is part of my ongoing Series on Angel Investing . As promised in my last post I am compiling a list of Angel Investors who blog. Obviously this initial list is incomplete and has inaccuracies, so please help out by making suggestions and corrections. You will note that not all of these blogs are about angel investing per se, as in many cases the blogs address the personal interests of the investors themselves which is consistent with our continuing exercise in Angel Profiling!
+WHAT, HOW & WHY? | Design Thinking Exchange
At this point it is a losing battle trying to find a unified voice about what Design Thinking does, or means. Most definitions are confusing, cumbersome, incomplete, make little sense, or have purely and simply nothing to do with Design Thinking. There is a big disconnect between the way the design community feels and interprets DT and the way business strategists define it. As more and more consultancies want to take advantage of the media attention dedicated to DT, it is likely that unless a common definition is adopted soon, the term will be polluted permanently. I, for one, belong to what I would call the “Mau-ist School of Thought,” inspired by Bruce Mau, whom I consider the father of modern Design Thinking.Programmer conditioning I do not have a Computer Science degree, so I cannot speak from direct experience about the "traditional" training most programmers get. That said, I've worked with many programmers and business people on multiple software development projects. As a result, I think I can speak intelligently about how those people tend to think and act when they're trying to create software. Let me talk about programmers first, since I am one.
Demystifying Extreme Programming: Thinking differently
October 17, 2008, 5:00 AM PDT Takeaway: Here’s everything you need to know to set up a project management group in your organization. I have included links to several free tools–spreadsheet, sample business case document, and PowerPoint slides–to help you.
+How to create a project management group in your organization | CIO in Action | TechRepublic.com
IBM to help Thailand develop IT expertise
...secluded, but not isolated, the estate is self-contained, with beautifully landscaped tropical gardens and lakes.... Visit Falcon Hill , Hua-Hin Bangkok, February 4: IBM, a leading American information technology firm, will help Thailand train local IT experts for Thailand to become a major international computer outsourcing centre, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula. IBM executive vice president Nicholas Donofrio led a group of IBM executives to meet the Deputy Prime Minister at Government House yesterday.
MS, Nectec sign R&D agreement
...natural and traditional materials, with contemporary light fittings from Scandinavia and Italy... Visit Falcon Hill , Hua-Hin Microsoft is considering expanding its R & D activities in Thailand in various sectors, notably software development, high-performance computing and mobile computing, according to Microsoft (Thailand) MD, Patama Chantaruck. The Lego Robot that uses Microsoft Robotic Studio as a tool to develop robotic applications. This will help train young people to develop commercialised robots.The following is an excerpt from Chip and Dan Heath’s new book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard , which will be released on February 16. One of the most consistent findings in psychology is that people behave differently when their environment changes. When we’re in a place where people are quiet (church), we’re quiet. When we’re in a place where people are loud (stadiums), we’re loud. When we’re driving and the lanes narrow, we slow down.
+++++The War on Interruptions, an Excerpt from “Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard”
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Welcome to the SBA.gov Community, where you can network with other small business owners and get advice on starting, growing and managing your business.2011 was a year of unprecedented spending for smart grid project ramp-up and deployment in North America -- catalyzed by federal stimulus funding, aggressive renewable and energy efficiency standards in the United States and provincial policy in Canada. In states with dedicated smart grid legislation, smart meter penetration surpassed 25 percent, with many leading utilities achieving close to full deployment. Increasing integration of decentralized and renewable generation sources and alternative performance-based ratemaking structures have driven utility investment in automated and self-healing transmission and distribution infrastructure. After reviewing project nominations for several of the most innovative utilities in North America, Greentech Media/GTM Research is pleased to recognize the following awardees as “The Networked Grid - Top Ten Utility Smart Grid Deployments in North America.”
Reader - Top 100 VC Bloggers
Having managed (mainly) IT projects for many years and now working for a company that runs project management training workshops, I read all the comments with interest. The Standish Group in the UK... Read Whole Comment + Having managed (mainly) IT projects for many years and now working for a company that runs project management training workshops, I read all the comments with interest.