Interactive Map of the Linux Kernel
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNothing like combining my love of linux geekery and information visualization: Click here to check out the interactive map.
Visual Mapping Body of Knowledge
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI recently caught an article that Chuck Frey posted earlier in the month on the Mind Mapping Software Blog. In the article, The case for a Visual Mapping Body of Knowledge, Chuck interviews Wallace Tait. Wallace Tait is a professional visual mapping consultant based in the Canadian Province of Ontario. He is the co-author of…
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1.5 Million Books in Your Pocket
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreat news for mobile/cell owners and those who love learning: “One of the great things about an iPhone or Android phone is being able to play Pacman while stuck in line at the post office. Sometimes though, we yearn for something more than just playing games or watching videos. What if you could also access…
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Live Forever With 8 Simple Tips
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGeorge Dvorsky at Sentient Developments has posted a great article: Eight tips to dramatically improve your chances of living forever 1. Eat the right foods 2. Avoid the wrong foods 3. Adopt a calorically restricted diet 4. Supplement your diet with vitamins and minerals 5. Exercise and be active 6. Avoid dangerous activities and unhealthy…
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Dr. Manhattan Video
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVery good viral video. I can’t wait until Watchmen hits theaters:
Contextualized Knowledge Acquisition in a Personal Semantic Wiki
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDiscovered this while Googling for Semantic Wikis and Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) Abstract. The use of semantic representations in document-oriented environments – as formal annotations or embedded instances of a formal knowledge base – is seen as an enabling technology for intelligent services which may help knowledge workers in tasks like finding, structuring, or assessing…
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MyLifeBits and the Memex Vision
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFound an intriguing post and powerpoint presentation on MyLifeBits, a Microsoft Research project led by Gordon Bell. MyLifeBits was inspired by Vannevar Bush‘s hypothetical Memex computer system. The project includes full-text search, text and audio annotations, and hyperlinks. The “experimental subject” of the project is computer scientist Gordon Bell, and the project will try…
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Project: Personal Memex
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve had some down time the last couple days, and figure it was time to cleanup my public project list. Most of my work this last year has been solely focusing on building my own Personal Knowledge Management system – my Personal Memex. I’ve written a number of articles in recent months focusing on open…
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Knowledge Management Visualization Upgrades
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust discovered some exciting news from Semantic Media Wiki: SMW now supports Ploticus and Exhibit for powerful data visualizations. From http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/New_data_visualization_for_SMW:_Exhibit_and_Ploticus 22 Jan 2009. Semantic Result Formats (SRF), the add-on package for query formats in SMW, has just been extended with two great additions for powerful data visualisation: Ploticus and Exhibit. Both are available to…
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Kant and the Big Three
Reading Time: 2 minutesGood overview of Kant and the Reenchantment of the world from Wilber’s Marriage of Sense and Soul (pg. 86): “Critique of Pure Reason (written in 1781) relentlessly exposed the inadequacies of monological reason to grasp metaphysical truths, and it basically marked the dramatic and historical end of that type of metaphysics. The death of traditional…
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