I just got off the phone with a friend who is a journalist and he told me that this video gave the best explanation he's heard yet, and that there's still a lot of people out there who are struggling to understand what Semantic Web really means, especially given that "semantic" has been reappropriated (and misused) as a marketing term. I wanted to share it again, therefore. It features Nova Spivack of Twine, from a talk he gave at this year's NextWeb conference. - Joshua Dilworth via Bookmarklet
"I definitely, definitely agree that these are crucial questions. There is so much overlap these days I can barely make it all out myself, and it's just getting more and more difficult. We're (all) becoming multi-hyphenates, to steal an oft-used noun from Variety, hehe. Great post. I always point clients to the disclosures on All Things D as the prime example of best practice. Another question is, "why are we having these problems now?" -- i.e. in many senses we are a self-regulating community, and this continuing meme suggests that we are in a very regulatory mood indeed. Have there been an unusually high number of transgressions over the last year? Has the nature of communication/conversation, as enabled by technology, changed such that we are seeing a greater opportunity to commit and cover up (or simply not disclose) unethical behavior – and such we are therefore more guarded than ever before? Or is there just too much FAIL going around on every side of the coin and its that simple..." - Joshua Dilworth
Josh, why am I not surprised your wedding will have a reporter in attendance? Can't wait to read the article! All my best to you two. Have a fantastic two weeks! - Carla Thompson