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by Nova9 Jan 2010 at 5:53 am
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by Nova15 Dec 2009 at 3:44 pm
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This Blog has Moved to NovaSpivack.com
by Nova3 Dec 2009 at 6:38 pm
I have moved my blog to http://novaspivack.com (also http://www.mindingtheplanet.net) All my new articles and content will be posted there. This site (here) is maintained at typepad for archival...
The Web Wide World -- The Web Spreads Into the Physical World
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 3:33 pm
I have noticed an interesting and important trend of late. The Web is starting to spread outside of what we think of as "the Web" and into "the World." This trend is exemplified by many data points....
A New Economic Framework for Content in Web 3.0
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 3:01 pm
(FIRST DRAFT -- A Work in Progress. Comments Welcome) ------ Print media publications of all kinds -- newspapers and magazines -- are dying out, as the Web and online advertising take their place....
What's After the Real Time Web?
by Nova28 Oct 2009 at 10:08 am
In typical Web-industry style we're all focused minutely on the leading trend-of-the-year, the real-time Web. But in this obsession we have become a bit myopic. The real-time Web, or what some of us...
Check out Factual
by Nova13 Oct 2009 at 3:31 pm
My friend Gil Elbaz is launching Factual today. It's a new service that aims to aggregate spreadsheet style data from around the Web to create a vast open database of facts. Interesting stuff. Check...
Vote for My Panels & Twine at SXSWi 2010
by Nova17 Aug 2009 at 2:55 pm
The panel picker for SXSWi went live this morning, and Twine has propsed several submissions. Browsing through the huge list of proposals (over 2200), it’s clear that the Semantic Web will be popular...
The Future of the Web: BBC Interview
by Nova23 May 2009 at 2:31 am
The BBC World Service's Business Daily show interviewed the CTO of Xerox and me, about the future of the Web, printing, newspapers, search, personalization, the real-time Web. Listen to the audio...
The Next Generation of Web Search -- Search 3.0
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 2:55 pm
The next generation of Web search is coming sooner than expected. And with it we will see several shifts in the way people search, and the way major search engines provide search functionality to...
Nowism -- A Theme for the New Era?
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 2:49 pm
DRAFT 1 -- A Work in Progress Introduction Here's an idea I've been thinking about: it's a concept for a new philosophy, or perhaps just a name for a grassroots philosophy that seems to be emerging...
Sneak Peak - Siri -- Interview with Tom Gruber
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 2:54 pm
Sneak Preview of Siri – The Virtual Assistant that will Make Everyone Love the iPhone, Part 2: The Technical Stuff In Part-One of this article on TechCrunch, I covered the emerging paradigm of...
Welcome to the Stream - Next Phase of the Web
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 2:57 pm
May 8, 2009 Welcome to The Stream The Internet began evolving many decades before the Web emerged. And while today many people think of the Internet and the Web as one and the same, in fact they are...
Can We Design Better Communities?
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 2:58 pm
(DRAFT 2. A Work-In-Progress) The Problem: Our Communities are Failing I've been thinking about community lately. There is a great need for a new and better model for communities in the world today....
Metascience: The Convergence of Science and Religion
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 3:02 pm
(DRAFT 7. Work-In-Progress) What is the universe and where does it come from? There are two major schools of thought on this question: Science: One is modern-day science, which takes the position...
Twine is Now Integrated with Twitter
by Nova27 Mar 2009 at 4:04 pm
We've integrated Twine and Twitter so you can "tweet what you twine" -- it's surprisingly easy and cool. Try it!
Can Twitter Survive What is About to Happen to It?
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 3:07 pm
I am worried about Twitter. I love it the way it is today. But it's about to change big time, and I wonder whether it can survive the transition. Twitter is still relatively small in terms of users,...
Web is 20 Years Old - Web 3.0 - Third Decade of Web, Officially Begins
by Nova13 Mar 2009 at 8:35 pm
The Web is 20 years old this month. The third decade of the Web has started. This means we are officially in Web 3.0 now. Web 2.0 is finished. Read more about this definition of Web 3.0 as the...
How Social Media Changes Content Distribution from Web Sites to People to Sof...
by Nova11 Mar 2009 at 4:14 pm
I've written a new article about how content distribution has evolved, and where it is heading. It's published here: http://www.siliconangle.com/social-media/content-distribution-is-changing-again/.
Wolfram Alpha is Coming -- And It Could be as Important as Google
by Nova4 Nov 2009 at 3:10 pm
Notes: - This article last updated on March 11, 2009. - For follow-up, connect with me about this on Twitter here. - See also: for more details, be sure to read the new review by Doug Lenat, creator...
Challenges Twitter, and the Twitter Community, Will Soon Face
by Nova17 Feb 2009 at 1:18 pm
Challenges Twitter Will Face As I think about Twitter more deeply, one thing that jumps out to me is that in each wave of messaging technology, the old way is supplanted by a new way that is faster,...
How Twitter Makes Things Faster: A Timeline
by Nova17 Feb 2009 at 1:16 pm
The World is Getting Faster In the world of Twitter things happen in real-time, not Internet-time. It's even faster than the world of the 1990's and the early 2000's. Here's an interesting timeline:...
Why Your Brand or Company Must be On Twitter
by Nova17 Feb 2009 at 1:15 pm
Why Your Brand or Company Should be Watching Twitter Messages spread so virally and quickly in Twitter when they are "hot" that there is almost no time to react. It's at once fascinating to watch,...
What is Twine For?
by Nova18 Feb 2009 at 5:09 pm
Please read this article which explains what Twine is, what makes it unique, and what it is for.
Why Twitter is Actually Something New and Different
by Nova17 Feb 2009 at 1:06 pm
Why is Twitter Different From What's Come Before? I pride myself on being on top of the latest technologies but I think I unfairly judged Twitter a while back. I decided it wasn't really useful or...
Twitter Changes Everything. The World Just Got Faster -- A Case Study (Full V...
by Nova17 Feb 2009 at 1:19 pm
Intro Because we think Twitter is important, my company has been working on integrating Twine with Twitter. Last week we soft-launched the first features in this direction. It turns out there is...
Brilliant Article on Twitter vs. Google
by Nova16 Feb 2009 at 12:23 pm
Erick Shonfeld at TechCrunch has written an article that totally blew my mind about how Twitter and "real-time search" could challenge Google, and just might be the new frontier in the search war.
Video: My Talk on The Future of Libraries -- "Library 3.0"
by Nova14 Feb 2009 at 2:42 am
If you are interested in semantics, taxonomies, education, information overload and how libraries are evolving, you may enjoy this video of my talk on the Semantic Web and the Future of Libraries at...
Video: My Talk on the Evolution of the Global Brain at the Singularity Summit
by Nova14 Feb 2009 at 2:33 am
If you are interested in collective intelligence, consciousness, the global brain and the evolution of artificial intelligence and superhuman intelligence, you may want to see my talk at the 2008...
Twine's Explosive Growth
by Nova6 Feb 2009 at 2:05 pm
Twine has been growing at 50% per month since launch in October. We've been keeping that quiet while we wait to see if it holds. VentureBeat just noticed and did an article about it. It turns out our...