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People who have inspired me

April 28th, 2008 No Comments

So just a quick blog post (while my stomach digests my miso-noodles) which I have been thinking about doing for a while.
I wanted to let you know of various who have inspired me and in some way influenced my thoughts and actions. I’ll start with the ones within Computer Science, and then go into […]

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How to write a Coursework Spec

April 20th, 2008 No Comments

I have recently seen an example of java programming coursework given to current students at a certain university. Now its not that its a bad piece of coursework, it is quite good, the basic idea of the coursework is to write your own Java classes representing Linked Lists, Arrays and Queue data types…. and then […]

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The divide between business and academia

April 18th, 2008 2 Comments

Everybody knows that there is a division between business and academia (unless you are interested in the academic side of business, or run the administration for a university). So whats the reason?
I briefly mention this in the forthcoming Semantic Web Gang podcast, and I think there are a few reasons.
Cause of Separation: Risk
Businesses are established, […]

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Education in the Linked Data Age

April 15th, 2008 No Comments

On the 22nd May 2008 in Oxford there will be a talk by the BCS entitled “Education in the Internet Age“, unfortunately I would have moved to Bristol by then and should be in the middle of settling in and getting used to the new environment. However, it doesn’t stop me thinking about writing a […]

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Oxford Geek Night 5

February 1st, 2008 No Comments

Just a note to say that if you are in the Oxford area on the 6th February (2008) then please, please come to the Oxford Geek Night 5. Its at the Jericho Tavern Pub in Oxford and starts at 7:30pm. It features a bit of socialising, a bit of watching presentations and some fun.
If you […]

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Philosophy

January 13th, 2008 1 Comment

When I was in Further Education College doing my various certificates and qualifications in Computer Science I was really drawn towards Psychology and Philosophy. So much so that I started reading about them, and almost did a joint degree in Software Engineering and Psychology (instead I did Software Engineering and Intelligent Systems at Oxford Brookes). […]

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Amazon SimpleDB

December 15th, 2007 No Comments

Hi all, I’m not feeling very well, but I have found enough energy to work today and I wanted to blog about Amazons new Web Service called SimpleDB. SimpleDB is a database with a webservice interface.
I’m not going to go into too much detail about how it works, or what it does. I just want […]

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Web 3.0 - Let’s Talk

December 1st, 2007 No Comments

Hi all,
I am trying to get some discussions going about “Web 3.0″. I am using a Google Group that somebody else created, but they have not taken it any further, it is available here:
http://groups.google.com/group/web30
Please join it. Basically in order to take things forward we need to talk about these things, instead of Nova Spivack just […]

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New Page on my Blog

November 29th, 2007 1 Comment

For those interested I have a new page on my blog, its available directly here:
http://vanirsystems.com/danielsblog/articles-talks/ 
As you can probably tell by the URL it is a list of my articles and talks that I have done so far, check it out!
I’ve been doing a lot of “Socio-Semantic Web Evangelising” recently and this is probably going to […]

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Talking with Talis Podcast

November 26th, 2007 No Comments

For those interested my podcast is available here:
http://talk.talis.com/archives/2007/11/daniel_lewis_ta.html
Paul Miller and I talk about how the Social Web and the Semantic Web are related, and what we might see in the near future (what might be titled “Web 3.0″).
Technorati Tags: daniellewis, podcast, semanticweb, socialweb, talis, paulmiller

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