Text and the Semantic Web have been part of enquiry for understanding human communication for quite a long time now. Questions about content, graphs, organisational change and the Yay! :) of the URI are always at the back of my mind when I explore how content on the Web is ideated, created and managed. AndContinue Weaving
Why dialogue?
Dialogues have the power to free words and concepts, to let the latter dance with and around meaning, in a quest for the essence. It is in the exchange of perspectives and views that we search for and find understanding.
Things are processes which to an extent are captured by words. The dynamic nature of these processes is best embraced by a conversational search for meaning.
A cloth, a Chinese proverb reminds us, is not woven from a single thread. This is why in Dialogues I talk to people about the way Internet is changing or not changing our lives, and more specifically about texts, writing and representation in the semantic web.
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The Data-Centric Future Is Here, It Is Just Not Evenly Distributed: A Dialogue with Alan Morrison
What is that thing that bridges together content, data and knowledge? Could it be that taking a data-centric approach towards managing company’s data has little to do with tools and technologies and a lot more to do with mindset? What stops enterprises from walking the Semantic Web talk? And last but not least, isn’t machineContinue Weaving
At the interstice of code, culture, and change: A dialogue with Anni Rowland-Campbell
It’s 11.01. I am half-way home, just finishing my morning walk. And I am one minute late for an online event called Brave Conversations. It feels awkward to be late for an event hosted by brilliant people like Intersticia and, nota bene, with the participation of Dame Wendy Hall. Yet, the pull is so strongContinue Weaving
Music, Taxonomies and What Defines a Sandwich: A Dialogue With Bob Kasenchak
Think cheeseburger. Now think rhythm. Now listen: “Cheeseburger, hot-dog, Cheeseburger, hot-dog”, this is how I once heard prof. Milcho Leviev explaining how he introduces people to the asymmetrical rhythms of Bulgarian folk music. [Check Maestro Leviev’s Bulgarian Boogie] Fast forward to these when reading and thinking about knowledge, meaning and life brings me as muchContinue Weaving
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