Monthly Archives: October 2008

Freebase gets a new look and introduces Acre

Freebase just had a major update, both cosmetically and in terms of features. Not sure when this got in, but Kingsley Idehen notes that Freebase is finally on the linked data web, one of the complaints that even those of us who have liked the service have had over time. (Update: Finally found [...]
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“Glue”ing the web

Lots of chatter about Adaptive Blue’s Glue this week. I’ve been meaning to blog about it for a while, because it does one thing in particular that really resonates at this end. First, a quick intro. Glue is a new service that continues Adaptive Blue’s quest to bring context to our actions on the [...]
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Changing habits with technology

Lots to blog about, so I will just put up something that came to me in the flight from LA to SEA that I took earlier today. First time this sort of occurred to me was a couple of weeks ago at work. Like many geeks, I carry a moleskine notebook around with me (a [...]
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Back to podcasting. Introducing Coast to Coast bio

For a long time Hari and I have been talking about doing a podcast. We finally went ahead and started one. Coast to Coast Bio is a podcast that will evolve over time, but it’s a couple of geeks, who don’t always agree on things, bantering about biology, programming and all kinds of [...]
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Getting RESTive

I am getting frustrated by the number of people calling any HTTP-based interface a REST API. Those words come from the man who put REST on the map, one Roy Fielding in a bit of a rant against what people call REST today. The post is worth reading for anyone who is into the REST [...]
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