A world wide web of friends
So there’s friends and then there are acquaintances — people we happen upon, usually in passing. Then there are allies — people who stand by us through thick & thin and who we really want in our corner. But the way that most websites work, there’s usually just friends, and that’s about as detailed as [...]
Google & Microsoft in Facebook face-off
Sometimes, good tech’ news and politically-driven technology trends just go and invent themselves. And who doesn’t like to read about the tit-for-tat tussle between Google and Microsoft?
So just try to imagine Google being rattled by Facebook:
“An ultra secret meeting that happened in Mountain View at Google’s headquarters. A select group of 15 of the heaviest [...]
Semantic Web as the "killer app", Part 3
So the future of the web is a semantic, social landscape of topic and task relevance, content specificity and aggregated data & information. But how does all of this change affect the way we interact with the web? What happens to the web browser?
In the first installment, I discussed how the search engines will need [...]
Semantic Web as the "killer app", Part 2
If the current iteration of the web is about Social Media, Social Networking and the ownership of our data, then the next iteration of the web will stand for the personalization of our data. But our data won’t just be personalized, this data will be smart enough to know when to go beyond mere data [...]
Doin’ it and (nearly) Diggin’ it!
What’s this? Do I see Digg stretching out into Social Networking, after their conquest of all things Social Media? I know, I know, I’m hardly the easiest guy to please. But I’m sort of starting to like Digg again…
In light of Digg getting into Social Networking, I thought it might be a good time to [...]




