knowledge management
Google Acquires Metaweb in Pursuit of the Sematic Web
The World is Built Entirely of "Things" and Metaweb Has Classified Over 12,000,000 of Them.
In perhaps their most serious play towards developing the concept of the Semantic Web, Google announced a few days ago that they were acquiring San Francisco-based Metaweb, as well as Metaweb's free and open database of over 12,000,000 semantically-linked data objects. Now, this is pretty big news, especially if - like me - you're a self-proclaimed disciple of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British engineer / computer scientist / MIT professor / Knight who pretty much invented the World Wide Web and first coined the phrase "Semantic Web". If you're not like me and don't yet have a good grasp on how the Semantic Web will forever change the Internet, the following is a short video clip from the Metaweb.com website to get you up to speed:
Sustainable Infrastructure: The Role of Innovation, Computing and Emerging Technology in Sustainability
I have been meaning to cover this topic for some time now. In my opinion, an exploration of the role of advanced infrastructure in sustainable design is both relevant and long overdue. Certainly, technology has changed the way we live, do business and think about the world. However, whether technology can also be leveraged to create a more sustainable society is an entirely different question. Many people, for example, might argue that we need to simplify our lives to make them more sustainable. I think this is largely true. However, I also believe strongly that we need better ways of measuring exactly how sustainable
