The presentation Making Sense of the Semantic Web (by Nova Spivack) is a good introduction to the semantic web and includes some points that might be nice to have when explaining the semantic web and the importance of semantic technologies to newcomers.
It’s from The Next Web Conference (found via NRK Beta).
Better late than never…
Alex Wright of New York Times held the opening keynote of Topic Maps 2008. Wright talked about “Hierarchies, Networks, and the web that Wasn’t“.
I am currently at the 2nd International Topic Maps Conference, held in Oslo, Norway; Topic Maps 2008. Today was tutorial day.
This is what I got some insight into today (they are all bits and pieces, but I include the notes here for sharing).
Arnar Lundesgaard, the lead developer of Zope Topic Maps, held a 1/2 day presentation on ZTM3. For me, it was vital to attend this introduction to ZTM3, as I have high hopes for it … and we will def. be building sites on it in the not too distant future.
The first version of WP2TM is just around the corner.
I’ve set up a separate page for WP2TM, and will be posting news about it there (see also: releases feed).
Update: I’ve just made the plug-in available for download. Happy blogging 
The first Internet Explorer 8 beta version was released yesterday.
As far as the Acid3 test goes, it made it all the way to 10/100 before it crashed. Restarted, opened up the previous page (Acid3 test) and crashed. Restarted, opened up the previous page (Acid3 test) and crashed. Restarted, … Good start
Well, at least we’ll be able to test its CSS support (is supposed to support CSS 2.1 in its final release - yay!) - which is good news.
Update: There’s an article on Ajaxian about what’s new in IE8. Good stuff.
The Acid 3 test went public yesterday. As far as I know, IE6 wont make it to 100.
On a related note, the IE team have been listening to the critics and are changing the default behavior of IE8 to “actual standards mode”. Good news. Kudos to the IE team for caring.
Last friday, my girlfriend and I flew to Oslo to meet with my friend (coming from Bergen) and watch The Smashing Pumpkins live at Oslo Spektrum. It had been 8 years since the last time Smashing Pumpkins visited Norway and we saw them live…
Video clips: Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, Behold! The Nightmare, Tonight, Tonight, Tarantula © Me.
The show started at approx. 20:00 and lasted until 23-something. I didn’t end up backstage this time — wouldn’t have had much interesting to say, compared to girls who love every rock star :D, and due to the length of the concert I was honestly ready to sit down somewhere — but it was great nonetheless.
Just take a look at the setlist (I don’t recall the order, and am sure I’ve forgotten a few songs)!
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