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Philip (Flip) Kromer talks about InfoChimps and building a data marketplace

In my latest podcast I talk with Flip Kromer, co-founder of InfoChimps.

We explore the background to InfoChimps, and discuss their aspiration to build a marketplace in which people can contribute and find data – both freely available and commercial.

Felix Van de Maele talks about Collibra

In my latest podcast I talk with Felix Van de Maele, CEO of Belgian semantic technology company Collibra.

We discuss Collibra, and the problems that many enterprises face in understanding and integrating data held in diverse silos.

Diane Mueller talks about financial data, XBRL and the Semantic Web

In my latest podcast I talk with Diane Mueller of JustSystems.

We discuss the evolution of the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), consider some of the use cases for it, and look at its’ relevance to the Semantic Web community.

Towards the end of the conversation we refer to a recent workshop organised by XBRL International and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

This conversation was recorded on Tuesday 22 September, 2009.

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Lew Moorman talks about Rackspace and the Cloud

lmoormanIn my latest podcast I talk with Lew Moorman, President of the Cloud Division at global web hosting company Rackspace.

We discuss the growth of Cloud services, and consider the types of customers that Rackspace sees embracing their offering.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

  • Amazon Web Services
  • GoGrid
  • Google App Engine
  • No More Servers
  • Rackspace
  • Rackspace Cloud
  • Simon Wardley’s conversation with Tom Raftery about Green Clouds, and my recent podcast with him

This conversation was recorded on Thursday 15 October, 2009.

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Tom Steinberg talks about mySociety and public data

In my latest podcast I talk with Tom Steinberg of UK-based mySociety.

We discuss mySociety’s approach to promoting transparency in Government, and consider some of their popular projects before exploring Tom’s views on moves by Government to make more of its data available for use and reuse.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Thursday 17 September, 2009.

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Kevin Merritt talks about Socrata and Government Data

In my latest podcast I talk with Kevin Merritt, CEO of Seattle-based Socrata.

We discuss the company’s approach to ‘social data discovery,’ and consider ways in which these techniques might be applied to the wealth of data emerging from Government in the United States and elsewhere.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Wednesday 16 September, 2009.

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William Tunstall-Pedoe talks about True Knowledge

In my latest podcast I talk with William Tunstall-Pedoe, CEO of Cambridge-based True Knowledge.

We discuss the company’s ‘Answer Engine’ and consider the ways in which its technology can be seen as complementing rather than competing with more traditional search engines.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Monday 7 September, 2009.

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Thanassis Tiropanis talks about the Semantic Web and Higher Education

|This podcast also appears on Talis Education Blog.

In my latest podcast I talk with Thanassis Tiropanis of the Learning Societies Lab at the University of Southampton.

We discuss the findings of the recent JISC-funded project, SemTech, which set out to

“identify and quantify the benefits of semantic technologies and outline a roadmap for their adoption in the context of [Further and Higher] education, informal learning and exploratory learning.”

We conclude by looking ahead to the SemHE workshop in Nice on 30 September.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Friday 21 August 2009.

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David James talks about Government transparency and the work of Sunlight Labs

Sunlight Labs logoIn my latest podcast I talk with David James of Sunlight Labs, part of the Sunlight Foundation in Washington, DC.

We discuss the Labs’ work to increase Government transparency by making public sector data such as that disseminated via Data.gov more useful.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Friday 14 August, 2009.

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Jim Hendler and Li Ding talk about work to convert Data.Gov resources to RDF

tw-dataIn my latest podcast I talk with Jim Hendler and Li Ding of the Tetherless World Constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

We discuss work that they and colleagues have been undertaking to convert chunks of the US Federal Government data released via the data.gov portal to RDF.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was recorded on Friday 7 August, 2009.

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