http://semanticbible.com/blogos God's Word | our words | meaning, communication, & technology | following Jesus, the Word made flesh Mon, 12 May 2008 21:56:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Collective intelligence is a broad term covering many cases where intelligence or novel information result from the collaborative activities of many individuals. Recent and well-known examples include sites like Wikipedia, where people work together to create encyclopedia-like content del.icio.us: i label (or 'tag') web page content, and others can look at my ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/05/12/collective-intelligence-applied-to-biblical-studies/ I don't always agree with Clay Shirkey, but he's always entertaining, and his recent post (taken from an address at the Web 2.0 conference) is no exception, as he compares the role of gin during the industrial revolution to that of the sitcom in modern society (i'd throw in reality ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/05/01/turn-off-your-tv-and-create/ There's a thoughtful post by Jeffrey Zeldman (along with many equally thoughtful comments) about how the growth of social networking sites like del.icio.us, flickr, and twitter have led to an identity crisis of sorts for the traditional personal home page. I have similar feelings. As more and more of my digital ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/04/29/zeldman-on-the-vanishing-personal-site/ I had a great time presenting at LinuxFest Northwest 2008 this past weekend. I arrived a bit early at my designated room, to find the previous presenter sitting at a table with a laptop and an audience of two huddled around: that didn't fill me with confidence! But as the appointed ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/04/28/linuxfest-northwest-recap/ A recent series on the Britannica Blog is discussing Newspapers and Net, starting with an excerpt from Nicholas Carr's book "The Big Switch" called "The Great Unbundling", and then followed by Clay Shirkey's response. Here's my brief recap (though both posts are worth reading in their entirety): The ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/04/25/unbundling-biblical-studies/ Talking with Talis is rapidly becoming my favorite podcast source: Paul Miller has a lot of really interesting guests addressing topics at the intersection of libraries and the Semantic Web. Today i listened to an interview with Dr. Jim Hendler, now at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, but previously at University of Maryland ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/04/24/the-semantic-web-as-data-intelligence/ I didn't get all the way through Wikinomics before i had to return it to the library, but i plan to go back for the second half. So i don't have it in front of me, and therefore can't quite do it justice in a review. But it's an important ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/04/22/reading-wikinomics/ Since joining Logos, my business card says "Information Architect", which means i'm supposed to be thinking about the structure of information, as well as what we used to call the user interface (the preferred term among practitioners these days is "user experience"). In a nutshell, the user interface (UI) is ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/04/21/church-architecture-as-user-interface/ If you're anywhere near Fourth Corner next weekend (that's Bellingham/Whatcom County in Washington State, for you outlanders), you may want to consider attending Linuxfest Northwest (LFNW), a 2-day showcase of open source and Linux technology at Bellingham Technical College. Yours truly will be presenting Saturday from 11-12:30 in Haskell 204 on ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/04/21/linuxfest-northwest-next-weekend/ I recently had the experience of setting my dad up with a new computer (Happy Birthday Dad!), and it gave me a fresh appreciation of just how many challenging cognitive and motor skills are required for achieving the simplest goals in a computer environment (not to mention the whole conceptual ... http://semanticbible.com/blogos/2008/04/17/email-and-the-web-for-seniors/