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Dan Champion talks with Talis about Revish

In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, I talk with Dan Champion founder of Revish.

Revish is a book review community site which is to be launched on Friday 30th March 2007.  We talk about Dan's career and how the idea of Revish took shape and developed in to a reality.  How Revish differs from other book sites such as Shelfari and LibraryThing is also discussed as well as the motivations of the type of person that would want to be a member of the Revish community.



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This conversation was conducted by telephone on Tuesday 27 March 2007, edited in Audacity.

 

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Posted by Richard Wallis at 06:00 on 30 March 2007

Nova Spivack talks with Talis about Web 3.0 and more

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In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, I talk with Radar Networks' Founder and CEO, Nova Spivack.

Radar Networks is a stealth-mode Bay Area technology startup closely associated with the pragmatic implementation of the Semantic Web popularly referred to as 'Web 3.0.' During our conversation, we cover some of Nova's background before exploring his views on the Semantic Web, the way in which it is currently perceived, and the opportunity for companies such as his to deliver its potential in the mainstream Web of today.



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This conversation was conducted over Skype on Thursday 22 March 2007, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited in Garageband.

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Posted by Paul Miller at 14:41 on 23 March 2007 | TrackBack

Tara Hunt talks with Talis about nurturing Communities online

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In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, I talk with Tara Hunt from the Citizen Agency. We cover some of the issues raised in her presentation to the recent Future of Web Apps conference in London, and explore how - and why - organisations are setting about 'building' communities of passionate and engaged users.



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This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call to a US telephone on Wednesday 21 March 2007, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited in Garageband.

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Posted by Paul Miller at 12:34 on 22 March 2007 | TrackBack

Danny Ayers talks with Talis about the Semantic Web

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In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, I talk with Semantic Web developer and evangelist, Danny Ayers. We discuss the Semantic Web and the notion of Linked Data, before touching briefly upon Metaweb's Freebase, which had just been released at the time.



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This conversation was conducted by telephone on Wednesday 14 March 2007, edited in Audacity, and tidied up with Levelator.

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Posted by Paul Miller at 21:25 on 19 March 2007 | TrackBack

The Future Librarians Gang Discuss "The Reader Offer"

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The Future Librarians gang consider what is meant by reader development ("The Reader Offer") in the modern library service. We talk about what reader development means, the scope of the service, and what differentiates the reader offer provided by libraries from other non-library sources. The gang discuss what comprises the ideal virtual reader environment and what libraries should consider within the physical space, before debating how we move forward with the ideas discussed. Throughout, participants give informative examples about initiatives they have been involved with or encountered during their careers.



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Posted by Kevin Worth at 15:54 on 13 March 2007

Simon Wardley and Koby Amedume of Fotango talk with Talis about commoditising IT, open source, and Zimki

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In our latest Talking with Talis podcast I talk with Fotango's Chief Operating Officer, Simon Wardley, and Chief Marketing Officer, Koby Amedume.

We discuss Fotango's take on the commodification of IT, a topic brought to the attention of many by Nick Carr in his 2003 Harvard Business Review piece and the more recent book of similar name. We also touch upon the realities of running a company that releases so much under open source licenses, illustrating the discussion with reference to Fotango's latest offering, Zimki;

“Zimki is everything you love about developing web applications plus a whole lot more. Create, build and deploy web apps quickly, cheaply and without having to worry about administrative overheads like setting up servers, buying hardware or web space.”

The conversation concludes with the announcement of the Zimki Business Application Competition, and it's £10,000 prize for the most compelling new application built on Zimki.



Listen Now | Download MP3 [37 mins, 25 Mb]

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was conducted by telephone on Thursday 8 March 2007, edited in Audacity, and tidied up with Levelator.

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Posted by Paul Miller at 18:58 on 12 March 2007 | TrackBack