It has been some time since my last post and not much has changed with semantic technology except that business slowed for many. Tom Adi and I have been busy with pending publications, one of which was announced here. That article has all the details of the algorithms and information technology that were derived from [...]
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Semantic Maps, Meaning, and other Nebulous Notions
Posted in Influence, Intelligence, Perception, Semantic Models, abstraction, tagged emotional control, physiological control, recognition, semantic map, thinking on Friday, September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A semantic map is a pattern imposed on reality or experience to assist in explaining it, mediating perception, or guiding response. That is the conception of a semantic map I want the reader to have in mind as we continue.
The Search for Semantic Search
Posted in Intelligence, Perception, Semantic Models, Semantic Search, intelligent search, tagged intelligent search, search engines, semantics on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In a recent Read Write Web article that was much more myth than reality, Alex Iskold posits the fact that a semantic search engine must dethrone Google (myth1). Fortunately by the end of his article he concludes that he was mislead into thinking that. I do not think he was misled at [...]
The Semantics of Interpersonal Relations (Part 1)
Posted in Intelligence, Perception, Semantic Search, abstraction, intelligent search on Friday, January 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I promised in the last post that I could offer a solution to the disconnect between what search engines locate and what people think is relevant. Now there is nothing wrong with search engines as long as you know what you are looking for and it has a uniquely relevant name or handle. Some [...]
Social Media: It’s what’s wrong with semantic search.
Posted in Influence, Intelligence, Perception, Semantic Search, Semantic Web, tagged emotions, Intelligence, interpersonal relations, literature, semantics, software on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If “literature” is “the imaginative and creative writing of a language, period or culture” the blogs, new media and web pages of (so-called) social media qualifies as the new literature. One could say that online news, health and finance sites, the “e-zines” and the several hundred million web logs or blogs comprise a growing [...]