Zach Beauvais

Nodalities and Facebook’s David Recordon

Nodalities and Facebook’s David Recordon

This is a podcast I recorded for Talis' Nodalities series of talks. Because Facebook has recently made announcements about moving in a Semantic Web direction, I spoke with their Senior Open Programs Manager, David Recordon, about Facebook's perspectives on many of the...

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iPad-so far

Two weeks ago, I counted myself one among the hoards of silly sods who queued early in the morning for the chance to see, touch and indeed buy the much-hyped iPad. My justification for this lameness is that the next day, I was scheduled to fly out for a week-long...

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Digital Economy Bill

A couple weeks ago, I wrote to my MP to raise concern for the so-called "washup" of last-minute legislation being used to push through the now highly-controversial "Digital Economy Bill." My reasons to write are several, and I will devote some more time to explain...

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Talis: We’re Excited

This post was originally published on Nodalities Blog. The Talis offices, for the past few weeks, have been awash with geeky excitement—that kind of near giddy excitement that comes with eager expectation. We've all been waiting for something important. For some, this...

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Trends and Barriers

|This article first appeared in Nodalities Magazine, CC By + SA For anyone following the Nodalities blog, you may have read some of my recent posts discussing the trends boiling up around Web 3.0 (other buzzwords are available). The Mobile Web and upgraded...

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Journalism Needs Data in 21st Century

Journalism Needs Data in 21st Century

|This first appeared as a guest post on ReadWriteWeb, republished with kind permission Journalism has always been about reporting facts and assertions and making sense of world affairs. No news there. But as we move further into the 21st century, we will have to...

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WordPress Woes

WordPress Woes

So, Wordpress 2.8 is great! I love the interface, the drag/drop, the ajaxed admin area and loads of other features. Unfortunately, it's also broken. My problem occurs when I update plugins. Whenever a WP plugin needs updating, the automated system has failed to...

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