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POPSThe need to rate trustworthy information online Tim is spot on and I think we need to address the anonimity of the web. If you're anonymous online you should automatically be branded untrustworthy and electronic IDs should be used for interactions online so that each person you interact with can rate your trustworthiness.
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POPSThe Evolving AI Ecosystem He takes his theory further, all the way in to the tubes of the internet. In collaboration with Professor Tim Berners-Lee – the co-inventor of the World Wide Web – the pair have been investigating the next generation Web. “What is emerging now is a digital ecosystem,’ says Professor Shadbolt, ‘involving lots of simple systems which connect millions of complex ones – humans!” And there begins to be a certain amount of logic and a lessening of the fear I feel for the day when I am some robots whipping boy. We see such developments already in websites such as Facebook and Flickr, and programs such as Google Earth and World of Warcraft. We are being linked together, ever so slowly by a collective consciousness.
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POPSThe web that time forgot "Today, Otlet and his work have been largely forgotten, even in his native Belgium. Although Otlet enjoyed considerable fame during his lifetime, his legacy fell victim to a series of historical misfortunes — not least of which involved the Nazis marching into Belgium and destroying much of his life's work. But in recent years, a small group of researchers has begun to resurrect Otlet's reputation, republishing some of his writing and raising money to establish the museum and archive in Mons."
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POPSJune 8: Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the WWW, was born on this date Mark your calendars! Send him a card! Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, will be 53 on Sunday, June 8th, 2008. More about the history of the web here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web. Berners-Lee is a real person, accessible through his website at: http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
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POPSManipulating Data Surprisingly, the semantic web is still not up and running. Personally, I think we have the technology to group data in varieties of ways and instances. Evidently, I have a greater confidence in scientists and programmers than is warranted. There are some cool examples of ways to constructively show data. For instance, GapMinder, a fantastic way to display important information gathered over many years, so people can see real relationships...not be wowed by propaganda or stuck in accepted, unverified ideas.
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POPSXML People Fun reading. "XML is ten years old today. It feels like yesterday, or a lifetime. I wrote this that year (1998). It’s really long. ... I never got around to publishing it, so why not now? Remember, it’s ten years old; some of the people and companies are in different places now."
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