Thursday, 21. August 2008, 09:41:55
leigh dodds, talis, linked data, talis platform
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Leigh Dodds has just
blogged publicly about his forthcoming move to Talis. From 1st September he'll be joining us as Programme Manager for the
Talis Platform. I'm personally really excited about having Leigh on board - he's been an impressive figure on the Semantic Web scene for quite some time; IIRC I even used his
FOAF-a-matic tool to create my first FOAF file back in the day. Not only will he bring some impressive skills to the company, but his move here further demonstrates that we can attract top-class Semantic Web talent. Leigh, welcome on board
Monday, 4. August 2008, 16:31:50
tom heath, cuil, pictures, talis
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I've just been having a play with
Cuil. In general I really like it, particularly the richer layout. What is very weird (aka rubbish) though is the algorithm they're using to select images for display next to each result. A quick search for
Talis shows some
relatively sensible accommpanying images, although I'm not sure who the young guy with the beard is.
A bit of vanity searching though throws up
all sorts of weirdness. This time who is the old dude with the beard known as
303 See Other? He looks kind of familiar, but there's no way it's me. And who's the other young guy with the whispy chin hair, and why is he squatting on my publications page? I like the juxtaposition of
Linked Data and the Killer App image, but why? There seem to be far too many false positives, so come on Cuil, up the confidence threshold slightly.
WIDGETIZE