Monthly Archives: April 2006

AutoStupidity

Posted on April 29, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Arne Handt comments on a John Gruber piece about software that tries to be too smart and thereby becomes unpredictable and annoying. My favourite example of this is Microsoft Word’s AutoCorrection feature. It often changes my double quotes into some … Continue reading →

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Google Maps has street data for Germany and most other European countries

Posted on April 27, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Cool, that was about time: maps.google.de, and a bunch of other European countries got street data too. This is where I live. Weird: The new data doesn’t show up in applications using the Google Maps API. In my FOAF geolocation … Continue reading →

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A Poem for All of Us Bloggers

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Via Guy Kawasaki, whose headline I also stole for this entry, comes this poem: There Is No Indispensable Man by Saxon N. White Kessinger, Copyright 1959 Sometime when you’re feeling important; Sometime when your ego’s in bloom Sometime when you … Continue reading →

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Semantic Desktop Workshop wrapup

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Yesterday I returned from the Semantic Desktop Workshop. My intention was to live blog. I didn’t find the time. Days started early and ended late. In between was way too much high-information goodness to let any of it pass. The … Continue reading →

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[semdesk2006] Leo Sauermann – The State of gnowsis

Posted on April 21, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

The first talk is by Leo Sauermann. He gives an update on the state of the semantic desktop engine gnowsis. “Personal information management is the main use of a PC, why is it not in the operating system?” Gnowsis is … Continue reading →

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At the Semantic Desktop Hands-on Workshop

Posted on April 21, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Anja, Arne and me are at the Semantic Desktop Hands-on Workshop in Kaiserslautern. Things are starting out well – we have coffee and wireless. That’s going to be a fun weekend.

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Coming soon: Jena 2.4

Posted on April 18, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Jena team meeting notes: Target date for release 2.4 completion: April 30th. Very timely, with the Jena User Conference in May. The main new feature seems to be support for assembler specifications, which are “RDF descriptions of how to construct … Continue reading →

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We’ll be right back, after the commercial

Posted on April 17, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Silly Firefox ad. (via fscklog) Update: Link broke, here’s a working one.

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Wisdom and mockery

Posted on April 16, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Scott Adams on respecting the beliefs of others: I fantasize about becoming President one day and insisting on settling the question of which religion is “right.” I’d assemble all the experts on history and religious and science, and televise them … Continue reading →

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A triple store for Semantic MediaWiki?

Posted on April 14, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

The Semantic MediaWiki folks are evaluating RDF triple stores for use in their system. Currently, the PHP-based stores of RAP and ARC are on their shortlist, as well as the C-based Redland store. This is interesting because MediaWiki powers Wikipedia, … Continue reading →

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