Monthly Archives: February 2007

Dr. Chris Bizer

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Richard Cyganiak

Congrats, Chris!

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Getting FOAF files from the desktop to the Web

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Richard Cyganiak

Henry Story considers design alternatives for a FOAF-enabled personal address book that works as a desktop application. How will it publish the users’ FOAF profile to the Web? The first scenario considered by Henry is an individual who wants to … Continue reading →

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It may seem easy, but you have to practice before you become good at it

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Richard Cyganiak

Ze Frank explains the art of procrastination. Procrastinating may seem easy, but you have to practice a bit before you become good at it. … Beginning procrastinators should start with small, solvable tasks that are related to, but not identical … Continue reading →

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Apple – Thoughts on Music

Posted on February 7, 2007 by Richard Cyganiak

Steve Jobs: Thoughts on Music The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely. Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any … Continue reading →

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Debugging Semantic Web sites with cURL

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Richard Cyganiak

Here at our group we spend a lot of time preaching the benefits of dereferenceable URIs. We often want to know if a certain URI supports all the fancy HTTP tricks that are the cornerstones of RDF publishing best practices, … Continue reading →

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The Web in five minutes

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Richard Cyganiak

This excellent (in content and style) short video by Michael Wesch is making the rounds. It perfectly captures the essence of the Web at its state circa 2007. I’d love to see this extended with another 30 seconds devoted to … Continue reading →

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Advogato adds FOAF support

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Richard Cyganiak

Free software community site Advogato now generates FOAF profiles for all users, thanks to work by Steve Rainwater.

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