Author Archives: Matt Williamson

The Cloud Is The Debate

Twitter is teaming up with the Current television/Internet network to offer a feed of the tomorrow nights debate, with live tweets popping up on the bottom of the screen.  Tuesday, October 7th, Senators Obama and McCain will hold another debate … Continue reading

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Small Computers & Limitless Storage

Our computers are shrinking again, even as they become incredibly more powerful.  Ultra portable laptops, sometimes called ‘netbooks’, are sitting on boardroom tables all across America, and smartphones are in the hands of teenagers, the college crowd. and (shudder) even … Continue reading

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Proximity Marketing

Continuing on my theme of what to look for in marketing, let’s take a look at proximity based marketing.   The concept is that as you travel through the world, vendors, stores, and consumer products companies will recognize that you are … Continue reading

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Google Is Learning

This morning there was a neat new toy in my web arsenal.  First let me set the stage for you, you see, I use a lot of Google services; from Gmail, Google Calendar and the Google Documents suite, all the … Continue reading

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An Internet of Things

Today, when I mention the Internet in conversation, people know that I must be speaking about the World Wide Web, and that it is accessible from a computer, or Internet connected device, like your smart-phone.  But, the Internet of Things … Continue reading

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Attack of the Micro-Messages

The micro-blogging rage has changed the way we see the Internet.  By now, we all know that the Internet is a fluid, moving, organic creature; just when we think we have it all figured out, we don’t.  That is a … Continue reading

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Semantic Aggregation And Hive Intelligence

The next iteration of the World Wide Web is, as always, on my mind. I wrote about the future of semantic search in my last post, Semantic Search Goes To Work, and since then I have been reading about little … Continue reading

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Semantic Search Goes To Work

We are increasingly tied to data. Business has always been about the data, whether it is how to successfully grow crops, trade money, or even building cars; all businesses are really the business of knowing how to do something.  The … Continue reading

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Social Community Rant

I am a fan of social community sites and I think that the social networking aspect of the Web 2.0 trend is at the forefront of innovation right now.  I love the feel of a community when it has a … Continue reading

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Amazon and Microsoft Announcements

Microsoft Gets Serious About Data Optimization I am impressed with the recent move Microsoft has made into the database vertical with the purchase of an Israeli company, Zoomix, which will be moving their offices into the Microsoft Israel R&D Center.  … Continue reading

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