In one of those weird coincidences that happen from time to time, Zach was sat at home yesterday writing his last post to this blog at almost exactly the same time that I was holed up in a quiet corner here at Talis, talking to Prof. Hans Rosling.

Hans is required viewing here, and I had a great time talking with him on and off-air about his attitudes toward making data work a whole lot harder.

Have a listen for yourselves, but I reckon there are a striking number of synergies between Hans’ ‘Semantic Web’-free discussion with me, and the issues alluded to in Zach’s post; issues that lie at the heart of the Semantic Web’s future.