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12

Sep

Let’s Move Their Market Caps By Several Hundred Million! — My Panel

Posted by Nova  Published in BushWatch, ChinaWatch, Congress, Democratic Party, Depression Watch, Elections, Fundamentalist Whackos, HillaryWatch, Humor, Iraq, McCainWatch, Middle East, NaderWatch, Neocon Watch, News, ObamaWatch, Oddball, Opinion, PalinWatch, Political Commentary, RePugs, RightWingNuts, SenateWatch

I’m moderating a panel at the upcoming DEMOfall 2008 conference this year on Where the Web is Going. I’ve assembled an all-star cast of panelists, including: Howard Bloom, Author, The Evolution of…

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Tags: All Star, Demofall, Evolution, Howard Bloom, Hundred Million, Market Caps, Panelists

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29

Aug

Peace in the Middle East: Could Alternative Energy Be the Solution?

Posted by Nova  Published in BushWatch, ChinaWatch, Congress, Democratic Party, Depression Watch, Elections, Fundamentalist Whackos, HillaryWatch, Humor, Iraq, McCainWatch, Middle East, NaderWatch, Neocon Watch, News, ObamaWatch, Oddball, Opinion, PalinWatch, Political Commentary, RePugs, RightWingNuts, SenateWatch

I have been thinking about the situation in the Middle East and also the rise of oil prices, peak oil, and the problem of a world economy based on energy scarcity rather than abundance. There is, I…

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Tags: Abundance, Alternative Energy, Oil Prices, Peace In The Middle East, Peak Oil, Prices Peak, Scarcity, Situation In The Middle East, World Economy

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29

Aug

A Few Predictions for the Near Future

Posted by Nova  Published in BushWatch, ChinaWatch, Congress, Democratic Party, Depression Watch, Elections, Fundamentalist Whackos, HillaryWatch, Humor, Iraq, McCainWatch, Middle East, NaderWatch, Neocon Watch, News, ObamaWatch, Oddball, Opinion, PalinWatch, Political Commentary, RePugs, RightWingNuts, SenateWatch

This is a five minute video in which I was asked to make some predictions for the next decade about the Semantic Web, search and artificial intelligence. It was done at the NextWeb conference and was…

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Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Next Decade, Semantic Web Search

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29

Aug

On the Difference Between “Semantic” and “Semantic Web”

Posted by Nova  Published in BushWatch, ChinaWatch, Congress, Democratic Party, Depression Watch, Elections, Fundamentalist Whackos, HillaryWatch, Humor, Iraq, McCainWatch, Middle East, NaderWatch, Neocon Watch, News, ObamaWatch, Oddball, Opinion, PalinWatch, Political Commentary, RePugs, RightWingNuts, SenateWatch

This is a brief post with one purpose: to clarify the meaning of the term “semantic.” It has suddenly become chic to label every new app as somehow “semantic” but what does this mean really? Are all…

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29

Aug

Great Collective Intelligence Book; Includes a Chapter I Wrote

Posted by Nova  Published in BushWatch, ChinaWatch, Congress, Democratic Party, Depression Watch, Elections, Fundamentalist Whackos, HillaryWatch, Humor, Iraq, McCainWatch, Middle East, NaderWatch, Neocon Watch, News, ObamaWatch, Oddball, Opinion, PalinWatch, Political Commentary, RePugs, RightWingNuts, SenateWatch

I highly recommend this new book on Collective Intelligence. It features chapters by a Who’s Who of thinkers on Collective Intelligence, including a chapter by me about “Harnessing the Collective…

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Tags: Chapters, Collective Intelligence, Thinkers

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29

Aug

Response to Read Write Web article about Twine

Posted by Nova  Published in BushWatch, ChinaWatch, Congress, Democratic Party, Depression Watch, Elections, Fundamentalist Whackos, HillaryWatch, Humor, Iraq, McCainWatch, Middle East, NaderWatch, Neocon Watch, News, ObamaWatch, Oddball, Opinion, PalinWatch, Political Commentary, RePugs, RightWingNuts, SenateWatch

UPDATE: I posted some further notes on the fact that Twine is in beta, and what “beta” actually means and why we are in beta here. Marshall Kirkpatrick wrote a critical review of Twine today that…

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Tags: Beta, Critical Review, Kirkpatrick, Marshall, Response Write, Web Article

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29

Aug

Artificial Stupidity: The Next Big Thing

Posted by Nova  Published in BushWatch, ChinaWatch, Congress, Democratic Party, Depression Watch, Elections, Fundamentalist Whackos, HillaryWatch, Humor, Iraq, McCainWatch, Middle East, NaderWatch, Neocon Watch, News, ObamaWatch, Oddball, Opinion, PalinWatch, Political Commentary, RePugs, RightWingNuts, SenateWatch

There has been a lot of hype about artificial intelligence over the years. And recently it seems there has been a resurgence in interest in this topic in the media. But artificial intelligence scares…

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Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Stupidity, Hype, Resurgence

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29

Aug

Good Article on History of Talks Between Tibet and China

Posted by Nova  Published in BushWatch, ChinaWatch, Congress, Democratic Party, Depression Watch, Elections, Fundamentalist Whackos, HillaryWatch, Humor, Iraq, McCainWatch, Middle East, NaderWatch, Neocon Watch, News, ObamaWatch, Oddball, Opinion, PalinWatch, Political Commentary, RePugs, RightWingNuts, SenateWatch

This article sheds some light on the history of attempts to find a resolution between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government. I found it to be quite educational. There have in fact been numerous…

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Tags: Attempts, Chinese Government, Dalai Lama, History China, Sheds, Tibet

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29

Aug

Twine Perspective on Yahoo Semantic Web Search Announcement

Posted by Nova  Published in BushWatch, ChinaWatch, Congress, Democratic Party, Depression Watch, Elections, Fundamentalist Whackos,