I like the parting lines of this video (coined Web 3.0 by its creator, which serves a primer for understanding The Semantic Web). If we end up creating all of the things I can imagine, we’ll have failed. -Time Berners-Lee Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo.
When the death knell of newspapers was but an echo in the valleys of the Internet along comes Apple. Apple doing the Apple thing by at once re-inventing a market and resurrecting its potential. The print world – itself in shambles – was the first Apple courtier. As an independent publisher, we’re still waiting for [...]
Also in the mail this morning is a nastygram from Google to Microsoft. Why it came to me is somewhat a mystery. Therefore I feel I must relay its contents. They are: Dear Google Apps admin, In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some [...]
I want 3 iPads. One each for me and my wife – to use a Kindle-like device. And one for my son, who’s two years old, to use as an ebook reader/portable video player/personal gaming device. Say what you want about parenting with high-tech – the kid is going to be a hacker by the [...]
Burning the midnight oil last night, I got to watching my new favorite Late Night variety show Chelsea Lately. I decided I’d do a little research and find out just who this Chelsea is. Turns out she’s quite famous, a successful writer and (this I already knew) funny. I’d heard about her books and hadn’t [...]