Something a little unusual in my weekly copy of the Economist: An article on the Semantic Web.
While it’s probably too early to brand the Semantic Web as “Web 3.0”, it was heartening to read about how things are starting to take shape. Now I know that Reuters may have a killer app called Calais that converts meaningless data into something more semantic. Other companies are following suit.
These semantic tools may just bring ‘sexy’ back to the web.
It has been quiet around here, but no more! Allow me to interest you in a few fabulous links:
We’re having a casual meetup next week, so if you can make it, leave a comment below!
Date: Thursday, 6th March 2008
Time: 7:30pm
Place: New York, New York, Citylink Mall (City Hall MRT Station)
Roger Johansson has yet again written an excellent article on how accessibility techniques are misused. And I just realised how pertinent that article is with regards to my note on accessibility in singapore websites.
Of course, the PDF by Patrick H. Lauke on Too Much Accessibility is a must read for anyone who is interested in not abusing accessibility.
Cross posted at nimbupani.com
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Digg. I read Digg semi-religiously, watch Diggnation, bought the T-shirt…you get the idea. I must, however question their decision to include intrusive ads on the homepage. Their flashing, fit-inducing gifs are a pain in the butt. What’s worse is that they’ve gone NSFW and some of the ads are extremely distasteful.