Nova Spivack – Minding the Planet

The folks at Read/Write Web have a great analysis of AOL’s recent move to support the OpenID initiative. AOL has integrated with OpenID, adding 63 million users in a bid to make AIM handles sticky. Digg also just announced they are joining OpenID. OpenID is one of the technologies that I am tracking as a [...]

Tom Hayes has an interesting post in which he coins the word ‘beme" to mean a meme that spreads in the blogosphere. Michael Malone’s ABC News column on Thursday mentioning "bemes" has certainly produced a lot of interest.  Originally, I coined the word beme to describe a meme propagated by blogs and bloggers.  Now I [...]

It’s been a while since I posted about what my stealth venture, Radar Networks, is working on. Lately I’ve been seeing growing buzz in the industry around the "semantics" meme — for example at the recent DEMO conference, several companies used the word "semantics" in their pitches. And of course there have been some fundings [...]

Hey I’m at DEMO this week. If you’re here too and you want to chat, drop me a line. Related Posts:

My startup company, Radar Networks, has been busy working in stealth on the next-generation of the Web (sometimes called "Web 3.0"). We’ve been quietly growing and putting the pieces in place all year. Today we are celebrating the opening of our new, much larger office at 410 Townsend in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco. [...]

Where do I sign up to support this initiative? A group of exasperated US airline passengers who were stuck on the tarmac for 10 hours last month have come up with a proposal for a bill to establish a Passenger’s Bill of Rights, which would include the following provisions: Establishing procedures for airlines to return [...]

A new "miracle drug" appears to cure many types of cancers in a novel way. But the catch is no pharmaceutical company will fund research in it because it can’t be patented! Maybe it’s time to start a government agency or a non-profit that funds research and development, and distribution of, wonder drugs that are [...]

Hey everyone, please RSVP if you are planning to come to the first SFWIN event of the year, in San Francisco — this Thursday, January 18. SFWIN is a gathering of technologists. There are about 200 people in the network and about 50 to 80 usually show up at each event. Please help get the [...]

KurzweilAI.net has published an article I wrote redefining the meaning of Web 3.0. Basically, I am proposing that Web 3.0 include a set of emerging technologies that are all reaching new levels of maturity at the same time. Related Posts:Metaweb and Radar NetworksWhat is the Semantic Web, Actually?New York Times Article About the Emerging Semantic [...]

The SFWIN (San Francisco Web Innovators) holiday meetup is this Thursday, Dec. 7 — Please join us! We’re celebrating one year of SFWIN events. We’re teaming up with the folks from SFBETA for this event and we’ve got a max limit of 175 attendees, so you must RSVP — it’s filling up fast. Hope to [...]

Wow — there has been quite a firestorm over the term Web 3.0 on the blogosphere today and yesterday. While I am remaining neutral, I also have an open mind regarding what it could be defined to represent. Here are some random thoughts towards defining term: Related Posts:Web 3.0 Roundup: Radar Networks, Powerset, Metaweb and [...]

I’ve read several blog posts reacting to John Markoff’s article today. There seem to be some misconceptions in those posts about what the Semantic Web is and is not. Here I will try to  succinctly correct a few of the larger misconceptions I’ve run into: The Semantic Web is not just a single Web. There [...]

A New York Times article came out today about the Semantic Web — in which I was quoted, speaking about my company Radar Networks. Here’s an excerpt: Referred to as Web 3.0, the effort is in its infancy, and the very idea has given rise to skeptics who have called it an unobtainable vision. But [...]

The CEO of MySQL, Marten Mickos, gave a talk this morning at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on his vision for a "great database in the sky" in which all data would be open and accessible on the Web (running on MySQL servers of course!). In his talk, without mentioning the Semantic Web, [...]

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The next SFWIN (San Francisco Web Innovators) monthly networking event is happening this Thursday at 6PM in downtown San Francisco at the offices of Orrick, a law firm with a very nice event space overlooking the skyline. We usually have around 100 people or so and delicious food and an open bar. You can get [...]

This article by Germany’s best-known economics writer provides a fast and high-level overview of how the American empire is losing (has lost?) its economic power. While the dollar is still the world’s currency of choice, the USA no longer controls it. Furthermore, with increasing trade deficits, the outsourcing of labor, and spiraling debt, the US [...]

This online video preview of the upcoming Web-based organizer, Scrybe. The app has an unusually elegant and innovative AJAX interface. It’s beautifully designed. Watch the video. Related Posts:Interest Networks are at a Tipping PointWeb 3.0 Roundup: Radar Networks, Powerset, Metaweb and Others…Video: My Talk on The Future of Libraries — "Library 3.0"My Visit to DERI [...]

The folks at STIRR have launched a cool idea, it’s like a wikipedia for entrepreneurs in the STIRR community — it’s called the STIRRpedia, and my blog is listed there. Congrats to the STIRR team on a cool and useful service to the startup and venture communities! Related Posts:

Wow — As of 2000, of the world’s 100 largest economic entities, 51 are corporations and 49 are nations. Related Posts:The e-G8 Summit, UnveiledPeace in the Middle East: Could Alternative Energy Be the Solution?Help the People of Burma — Post this Meme on Your Blog!Dangerous Situation in Burma DevelopingNew Cancer Wonder Drug: No Pharma Will [...]

Hey y’all — don’t forget to RSVP for the San Francisco Web Innovators (SFWIN) gathering this Thursday in San Francisco Related Posts:

Well I have a peculiar and hilarious situation… I ordered some black tube socks online from Macy’s the other day. Unfortunately I neglected to notice that they don’t come in pairs, they come in packs of 6 pairs. Oooops. Because you see I ordered 10 of what I though were pairs. So in fact, I [...]

The next San Francisco Web Innovators Network party is happening on Thursday, September 21. We usually have about 100 Internet entrepreneurs and techies show up for food, drinks, and conversation. If you’re in town that week, please come. To attend, RSVP on the wiki. See link below. Also — if your company is interested in [...]

I recently listened to a talk by Dr. David Martin, given at the Arlington Institute, a think tank I advise. You can listen to it here. It takes some patience to get to the main point — but you will be rewarded with a mind-blowing new perspective on what may unfold in the next few [...]

An interesting article on GigaOm showed up today, suggesting that the term "The Fat Belly" should be used to describe the "middle class" of the userbase of the Web — the mainstream, "fat" portion of the "Long Tail," that comes just after the initial, hit-driven "Big Head" portion of the power-law distribution curve. Related Posts:

This article discusses a new research project at Google where they are working on a way to run contextual ads on your computer that reflect what is taking place in the room around you. The technology works by using the computer microphone to make brief snippet recordings of your room where you are. It then [...]

Today A-List blogger and emerging "media 2.0" mogul, Om Malik, dropped by our offices to get a confidential demo of what we are building. We’ve asked Om to keep a tight lid on what we showed him, but he may be releasing at least a few hints in the near future. Om was there in [...]

Today our product team met with Shel Isreal to show him the alpha version of what we are building here at Radar Networks and get his feedback. Shel had a lot of good insights. We showed him our full product and explained the vision, and gave him a tour of the new dimension of the [...]

This article from the Guardian raises the red flag about the vast amount of personal information that search engines are collecting, and the risks to individual privacy that entails. The article was really well written and made some good points. I’ve blogged about my thoughts about this issue in a previous post. Related Posts:Color Laser [...]

Here’s another suggestion for anyone starting a venture and/or seeking venture capital. Be careful about using funding agents or "finders" to help you locate and raise venture capital. These people will often make all kinds of promises about who they know, and what they can do for you, but in fact you usually don’t need [...]