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Reshared post from Edd Dumbill

rich_on_google_plus — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:42:36 +0000

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Google does the semantic web

Except they call it the "knowledge graph".

Notwithstanding all the snide remarks, disinformation, cranks, wonks and derailers, the semantic web is at its core an awesome idea. It's just an idea with an arc of about 20 years to reach true usefulness. I reckon we're past the halfway point on that arc.

Google Goes Back to What It Does Well: Finding Things

Surprise! Google has completely transformed the way search works again. But this time, it's a kind of search that would have made the old Google proud. Today, starting with U.S., English-language …

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Reshared post from lynn paden

rich_on_google_plus — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:15:50 +0000

lynn paden originally shared this post:

yes.

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1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 #obama #chess #equality

rich_on_google_plus — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:29:06 +0000

1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 #obama #chess #equality

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Ever-so-slowly, Google is rolling out Google Wave. Hoi polloi need some things drip-fed.

rich_on_google_plus — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:54:09 +0000

Ever-so-slowly, Google is rolling out Google Wave. Hoi polloi need some things drip-fed.

A better Google+ notification experience in email

Posted by Zohair Hyder, Software Engineer Notification emails are a great way to keep up with what's happening in the Google+ stream: whether someone mentions you, comments on your post, or shares…

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Reshared post from Robert Nyman

rich_on_google_plus — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:02:31 +0000

Cute CSS3 Menu Candy

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CSS3 menu effects: http://louisremi.github.com/menu-effects/, by @Louis_Remi

Menu Effects

Silly menu effects. Pure CSS, degrades gracefully in IE8! Created by @louis_remi. Tested in WebKit & Firefox Nightly. Inspired by @hakimel's scroll-effects. Fork me on GitHub. Bounce. sub-One;…

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Descriptive Camera

rich_on_google_plus — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:00:12 +0000

A beautiful example of connected service-based computing.

The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text de…

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Patents. Doh.

rich_on_google_plus — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:18:08 +0000

Simon Phipps originally shared this post:

"If only two of Oracle's patents hold up on review, that means the patent office got it right less than 30 percent of the time, an average we have every reason to believe is representative of the entire sector's patents … Yet these overwhelmingly invalid patent claims have had dramatic impacts on the industry. They've allowed an entire sector of patent trolls to emerge with the sole aim of strong-arming companies into forking over licensing fees."

Oracle-Google case shows patent system flaws

The big news out of the Oracle versus Google showdown on Monday was that one of Oracle's patents was brought back from the dead, put back into play after the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office reversed…

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JS Conf Videos

rich_on_google_plus — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:45:44 +0000

Videos from JSConf US 2012 are online. Get 'em while they're hot.

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Google Drive

rich_on_google_plus — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:50:03 +0000

Google Drive represents a serious alternative to dropbox and icloud that will integrate completely with our uni systems (and #android ). Hopefully launched in time for us to get things ready over the summer, and use for the 2012 cohort.

This could make continuous formative feedback significantly easier and turn the coursework submission process into (merely) taking a snapshot of a folder at a predetermined time.

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This is a test.

rich_on_google_plus — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:57:17 +0000

This is a test.

That is all.

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Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:06:04 +0000

Occasionally, CSS performance matters, but only occasionally. If you need to resort to some of these tweaks you’re probably approaching 3rd Dan in selector use.

The Art of Separation of Concerns

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:42:24 +0000

A good-length article covering orthogonal aspects of software and service abstraction.

Cycle Lanes

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:25:22 +0000

When is a cycle lane, not a cycle lane? When it’s not backed by a TRO. Obviously.

Developing Linguistic Corpora

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:34:24 +0000

Good introduction to Linguistic Annotation.

Scaling JS

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:27:27 +0000

Series of talks on writing scalable JavaScript applications.

sharejs.org

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:43:52 +0000

LIbrary for concurrent editing on the web.

Book: Knowledge Representation

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:06:42 +0000

Free, online book on Knowledge Representation. If anyone creates a script to turn it into an ePub, RSVP.

Book: Graph Theory with Applications

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:35:39 +0000

Free for personal use. Scanned PDF.

Bite Size Science

Rich — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:16:03 +0000

As we move away from the peer reviewed, journal published, pay-for-access academic paper, there is a strong likelihood that shorter works will become the norm. Here, Bertamini and Munfano argue that shorter papers have drawbacks. Personally I appreciate these, but would argue to the contrary that in a meritocracy shorter papers are better because they are more focused so can be cited and used for different reasons. An experiment which aims to prove X may also support Y, and if the publication of the result is delayed for months or years whilst other data is gathered and interpreted then the advancement of Y is delayed. It also provides more opportunity for the authors interpretation to be seen to change over time. Science is not about taking a stance and sticking with it to the bitter end. Changing our minds is important and having this public, and the reasons for it is a good thing. A thought provoking read.

Weka Knowledge

Rich — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:35:35 +0000

An Open-Source data-mining suite. One of my project students is using this for test-data discovery in twitter sentiment analysis.