It’s now only a few days until 2007, and a good time for the yearly prediction posts to start rolling out - including one from Mashable. To add a more interesting spin, we’ll throw in a mini-game of blog tag - a few people “tagged” at the end of t
Data on the Semantic Web is semi-structured and does not follow one fixed schema. Faceted browsing is a natural technique for navigating such data, partitioning the information space into orthogonal conceptual dimensions. Current faceted interfaces are ma
“Are you my friend? Yes or no?” This question, while fundamentally odd, is a key component of social network sites. Participants must select who on the system they deem to be ‘Friends.’ Their choice is publicly displayed for all to see and becomes
We need solutions that can help the many people whose terms and vocabulary are left out of the taxonomy... The simple idea that people’s actions model meaning better than a directory (even a flexible directory) is a critical step forward in thinking ab
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wOW! Search on 'metabolic AND syndrome' came up at zero, but shifting to 'metabolic,' I got SKILLIONS of articles related to "metabolic syndrome." GOOD ones!
"Using Flash as the engine, Goowy (a play on GUI, get it?) pretends to be a desktop OS. There's a little "dock" at the bottom (apps even bounce as they "launch"). There's a moderately decent little RSS app, pictured above. You have stickies, a calendar, e