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Everbody Let’s Freebase

October 24th, 2007 · Comments

The Progress Bar read by people interested in emerging Internet marketing, technology, social media, reputation, virtual environments, blogs, the Boston Internet scene and much more. If you like what you see you should subscribe to my RSS feed or via email in the sidebar. Thanks for visiting!I’m amazed at how little attention is being paid [...]

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Defining the Open in Open Data

July 5th, 2007 · Comments

When it comes to collaboratively-edited database of cross-linked data, Freebase is front of mind. Today I read about the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network. Is one less evil than the other?
Who will make it easier to add/extract the data?

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Addendum to Danny Hillis’s Knowledge Web

April 15th, 2007 · Comments

While researching Metaweb and Freebase, I came across Danny Hillis’s article in Edge. A continuation of an earlier piece he wrote in 2004 about advanced Internet-based learning tools.
Addendum to “Aristotle: The Knowledge Web” continues the discussion, with various smart minds weighing in on the topic of machine-based learning.
This is an incredible article, a clear [...]

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