Say semantic web to a lot of people and the shutters on their
brains come down. They may have lived through the disappointments
of the AI or expert systems eras. Or they may simply know how
impossibly tedious it would be to retrofit their...
In the days of black screens and green type, the arrival of
colour was somewhat puzzling. If computers had got us so far
without colour, who'd want it? Everyone, it seems.
Then came windows, icons, mice and pointers. Again, we were all...
As if IT directors don't have enough on their plates, they're
being sucked in to all sorts of new areas. Every enterprise is,
or soon will be, an online publisher. Many will transition from a
hierarchical mentality to a more collaborative...
Well, IBM's Global Eco-Efficiency Jam has been going for 15 hours
now. It aims to avoid science, politics and beliefs and focus on
pragmatism and practical actions individuals and organisations
can take now and in the near future to...
It wasn't so long ago that all 'green' activity went under the
heading of 'idealism'. Nothing wrong with that, but the so-called
developed world is not big on that sort of thing. It doesn't put
money in shareholders' pockets, satisfy...
Every day in recent months, the water level in our local lake has
been dropping. The ducks have less and less water to swim in and
find their food. As the water recedes it exposes smelly black mud
(for want of a better word), it's probably...
If you're anything like me, you're always on the lookout for
software that will improve your life in some way. It might help
you communicate more effectively and more widely or simply get
you through the work week more productively.
You...
Have you seen the Act On CO2 'bedtime stories'
advertisement that our dear government has spent £6M on?
Although it's a cartoon, the words are real enough.
Fundamentally, it tells children that they're victims of
grown-ups' actions and,...
Dana Gardner Principal Analyst Interarbor Solutions
