Comments on: Berners-Lee on the new-new-thing http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin Owen http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-1887 Martin Owen Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:51:21 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-1887 When I have seen Tim (and others) talk with passion about the semantic web it all makes sense- however the drive seems entirely intellectual. Getting the tools that will let the end user shape the experience and services the semantic web will afford seems to be a long way from their activity. As a recovering academic myself I recognise the research then develop business model - and understand its flaws. It is a recurrent issue. I, and many others, were researching collaborative activity over the internet in the 90's in both enterprise and public service activities it did seem that we were working in an environment where there wasn't much interest outside the research field (the millennium bug was a good excuse to avoid IS departments considering any change). What would now be considered web2.0 state of the art (like yesterday's mention of Huddle) were custom and practice. No sour grapes - my business model was getting the next research grant. Presumably lurking somewhere in semantic web the next decades thing may be lurking. The other aspect is the notion of URIs and the "web of things". Surely the consumer end of the web of things will not begin and end with NikePlus. In fact, I have a product. When I have seen Tim (and others) talk with passion about the semantic web it all makes sense- however the drive seems entirely intellectual. Getting the tools that will let the end user shape the experience and services the semantic web will afford seems to be a long way from their activity.

As a recovering academic myself I recognise the research then develop business model – and understand its flaws. It is a recurrent issue. I, and many others, were researching collaborative activity over the internet in the 90′s in both enterprise and public service activities it did seem that we were working in an environment where there wasn’t much interest outside the research field (the millennium bug was a good excuse to avoid IS departments considering any change).

What would now be considered web2.0 state of the art (like yesterday’s mention of Huddle) were custom and practice. No sour grapes – my business model was getting the next research grant.

Presumably lurking somewhere in semantic web the next decades thing may be lurking. The other aspect is the notion of URIs and the “web of things”. Surely the consumer end of the web of things will not begin and end with NikePlus. In fact, I have a product.

]]> By: Martin Owen http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-11280 Martin Owen Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:51:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-11280 When I have seen Tim (and others) talk with passion about the semantic web it all makes sense- however the drive seems entirely intellectual. Getting the tools that will let the end user shape the experience and services the semantic web will afford seems to be a long way from their activity. As a recovering academic myself I recognise the research then develop business model - and understand its flaws. It is a recurrent issue. I, and many others, were researching collaborative activity over the internet in the 90's in both enterprise and public service activities it did seem that we were working in an environment where there wasn't much interest outside the research field (the millennium bug was a good excuse to avoid IS departments considering any change). What would now be considered web2.0 state of the art (like yesterday's mention of Huddle) were custom and practice. No sour grapes - my business model was getting the next research grant. Presumably lurking somewhere in semantic web the next decades thing may be lurking. The other aspect is the notion of URIs and the "web of things". Surely the consumer end of the web of things will not begin and end with NikePlus. In fact, I have a product. When I have seen Tim (and others) talk with passion about the semantic web it all makes sense- however the drive seems entirely intellectual. Getting the tools that will let the end user shape the experience and services the semantic web will afford seems to be a long way from their activity.

As a recovering academic myself I recognise the research then develop business model – and understand its flaws. It is a recurrent issue. I, and many others, were researching collaborative activity over the internet in the 90′s in both enterprise and public service activities it did seem that we were working in an environment where there wasn’t much interest outside the research field (the millennium bug was a good excuse to avoid IS departments considering any change).

What would now be considered web2.0 state of the art (like yesterday’s mention of Huddle) were custom and practice. No sour grapes – my business model was getting the next research grant.

Presumably lurking somewhere in semantic web the next decades thing may be lurking. The other aspect is the notion of URIs and the “web of things”. Surely the consumer end of the web of things will not begin and end with NikePlus. In fact, I have a product.

]]> By: nic http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-1886 nic Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:46:36 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-1886 Good point Terry. My mistake. I will add a link when I'm next in front of my PC. Good point Terry. My mistake. I will add a link when I’m next in front of my PC.

]]> By: nic http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-11279 nic Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-11279 Good point Terry. My mistake. I will add a link when I'm next in front of my PC. Good point Terry. My mistake. I will add a link when I’m next in front of my PC.

]]> By: Terry Jones http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-1885 Terry Jones Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:23:58 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-1885 Is there a link to the TBL article? Is there a link to the TBL article?

]]> By: terrycojones http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-11278 terrycojones Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:23:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/04/30/berners-lee-on-the-new-new-thing/#comment-11278 Is there a link to the TBL article? Is there a link to the TBL article?

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