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Ian Davis: British; married with kids; technical architect; CTO of Talis; co-author of RSS 1.0; creator of FOAF icons; Semantic Web hacker.
My URI:
http://iandavis.com/id/me
Email Me:
nospam@iandavis.com
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/iand
Monthly Archives: April 2008
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FOAF Images
Back in 2002 I submitted four cute faces as my entry in the informal FOAF icon competition. Now those images are pretty ubuquitous but somewhere in the intervening years and server moves the page I maintained linking to them disappeared. … Continue reading
Upgraded to WordPress 2.5
I finally made the upgrade. Some things might be a bit wonky around here, especially as I converted all my categories to tags. Expect some broken links and feel free to comment here if you spot anything missing. On the … Continue reading
Cloud Security
Just came across a new blog called Cloud Security by Craig Balding that looks to have a lot of potential. Cloud computing is definately the trend du jour and we need more discussion and information around the security of cloud … Continue reading
The Terrible And Tragic Tale Of Brian The Snail
While clearing out some old papers and files I’ve carried around with me since I left University, I came across this poem that my friend Dominic Taylor wrote for me. It’s based on a true story, an event that occurred … Continue reading
links for 2008-04-17
The charmed dot-com life of Jeff Bezos – Apr. 15, 2008 “If anything, Amazon demonstrates how a cutting-edge Internet company – of all things – can succeed slowly. The trick is taking a million tiny steps – and quickly learning … Continue reading
links for 2008-04-16
David Owen: Tony Blair and John F Kennedy may have been power crazy – Telegraph Interview with David Owen on his new book (tags: illness power leadership)
links for 2008-04-12
Semantic Web isn’t meant to help LinkedIn (and Facebook, and MySpace) (tags: semweb social-nets walled-gardens) Free & Open Is Its Own Lock-in — Garrick Van Buren .com There are many types of lock-in: some bad… some good…. Sometimes you’re free … Continue reading
links for 2008-04-10
The P-Grid Project (tags: grid java p2p gossip)
Identity Theft: It’s Not Your Problem
I spotted this today, a group of people upset by the ease by which their personal information can be accessed. This information was already available to the public but distributed across many locations and physical formats: “Who knew it was … Continue reading
