A guest lecture...Semantic Web and the Social Webhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=semanticcommunityweb-091021125406-phpapp02&stripped_title=semantic-web-and-the-social-web&userName=robinfayView more presentations from

Guest lectureSemantic Web, Cataloging, & Metadatahttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=semanticwebcatalogingmetadatanovid-100330170117-phpapp02&stripped_title=semantic-web-cataloging-metadata&userName=robinfayView more presentations

So, your might be wondering why I've been so quiet. Busy busy busy.I set up my art page on facebook athttp://www.facebook.com/robinfayartsYou do not need to friend me (or even "like" the page) in order to see my photos and artwork.I will be migrating a huge chunk of my art website there, will I redesign it in Drupal (I'm getting rid of all of the stand alone products, so that it's just Drupal). I just helped put together a lunch group to read and discuss metadata and the semantic web.

So, if I were going to do a PhD program and I didn't want to travel too much, it would need to be either local or nonresident program (or online, weekend classes, evenings, etc.) what are my choices?I am interested in social media, emerging technologies (such as semantic web, use of mobile as central platform), and how people use technology. Although I am interested in libraries, I don't want to limit myself to libraries.End result would be to move in a different (or perhaps, somewhat parallel) career path, or even teach in higher ed on those topics.

Well, this isn't the post I was going to write, but I wandered over to twitter karma, which made me think a little about who I follow and who I don't in twitter ;-)I use twitter to share my blog, push status updates to facebook, linkedin, and googlebuzz, as well as connect/network with others. I am not in a contest to see how many twitter followers I can get (I think Brittny Spears is still no.

Linked data is a HOT topic amongst the semantic web community (and the NYT also has their big linked data project) -- sigh, novel concepts like authority records, controlled vocabularies, etc.Why gosh. Why didn't libraries think of those? Oh wait, we DID. ;-) Anyhow, it might be interesting & free webinar -- discussions of the VIAF, RDF, etc. I'll be there virtually.-------------------------OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Webinar on Linked Data, 27 May 2010 at 2 pm EDT (UTC: 18:00)DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 21 May 2010—Linked Data is a hot topic.

For those that don't about this project, the general purpose is to provide NYT controlled vocabulary and RDF (under creative commons) for use across the web.Very semantic webby...

I'm having trouble with slideshare (and facebook and my email and...) in the meantime, here is the presentation for tonight's guest lecturer presentation. [googleapps domain="docs" dir="present/embed" query="id=dkcxvp2_1748gm22gbfr" width="410" height="342" /]enjoy!