http://semanticbible.com/blogos God's Word | our words | meaning, communication, & technology | following Jesus, the Word made flesh Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:49:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The MIT Technology Review echoes an AP story about how, despite the proliferation of smart phones (and the digerati's consequent obsession with them), "most wireless use is still centered on laptops". So what do people do when they're on the road and need something? They call a friend and ask ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/03/08/human-internet-proxies/ camaris has started a Bible Data Visualization blog to practice some visualizations. The goal: ... show 40 visualizations of the Holy Bible. Most of the visualizations will be self-made, but sometimes I will cover the work from other people. Looks like there's also some narration of the process, which may be useful ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/03/03/bible-data-visualization-blog/ John Hobbins over at the Ancient Hebrew Poetry blog has been musing about this question: What do you think a state-of-the-art electronic journal in biblical studies would look like? This question lives right where so many interesting discussions are currently taking place around topics like the future of publishing and the book how collaboration, ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/03/01/digital-journals-for-biblical-studies/ I blogged a funny story last week about Logos CEO Bob Pritchett's attendance at the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing (TOC) conference. But here's a serious comment from Mark Coker of the Huffington Post that warrants quoting (italics are mine): The Best Presentation at TOC My favorite presentation of the conference ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/02/27/1116/ I'll be giving a talk at the Semantic Technology Conference, June 23 from 7:30AM – 8:20am (ouch!), in San Francisco, CA. The talk title is "Using a Controlled Vocabulary for Managing a Digital Library Platform": no talk page yet, but the abstract follows. If you're there, come by and say hello! (Astute ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/02/26/lcv-talk-at-semantic-technology-conference/ My colleague Steve Runge (Logos bio, blog) made a new connection for me today, between the kind of data work we do at Logos and an old Johnny Cash song. I won't spoil the surprise if you haven't heard the song (and we don't do it by stealing!), but there's ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/02/26/building-data-applications-one-piece-at-a-time/ New York Times article: "Macmillan ... is introducing software called DynamicBooks, which will allow college instructors to edit digital editions of textbooks and customize them for their individual classes." That includes rewriting and deleting individual paragraphs.The effort is hosted at DynamicBooks. This is yet another step in what Nicholas Carr has ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/02/26/dynamic-textbooks/ This is a true story. It's been quiet for a week or so ... Bob, my boss is out of town, i don't know where ... i'm doing a lot of strategic planning, blue sky thinking, exploring new ideas. Yesterday, a colleague sends me a link about a talk on eBooks ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/02/24/out-of-place-serendipity/ The Cornucopia of the Commons Some time back, Tim O'Reilly (The Architecture of Participation) echoed and applied some observations from Dan Bricklin (the Cornucopia of the Commons) about the architecture of Napster and  other significant web-based systems. The individual details are well worth reading, but here's the summary form. There are ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/02/22/building-an-architecture-of-participation-in-bible-study/ If you're in the Bellingham area, Linuxfest is coming up, and registration is now open. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Linux, Open Source, and a variety of other technical subjects -- and it's free! Yours truly is hoping to give a talk on using the Django ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2010/02/21/linuxfest-registration-is-open/