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Bridging the Gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW

Austin Startup

And with contributed modules, it’s easy to query other Web sites for their content without learning any new query languages or writing any code. The web has gone social and is rapidly going semantic. RDFa, Microdata and Microformats: Gateway Drugs to the Semantic Web. Twitter Annotations and the Real-Time Semantic Web.

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How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development

mashable.com

Appcelerator Titanium Appcelerator’s Titanium platform was designed from the offset to help web developers create mobile and tablet applications with ease. In fact, as the technology evolves, we wouldn’t be surprised to see more HTML5 elements popping up in native desktop applications as well.

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[Singapore][Event] Social Media World Forum Asia 2011 & Apps World Asia 2011

YoungUpstarts

Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia is back for its third edition! Organized by Bristol-based events company Six Degrees , this two-day conference and exhibition dedicated to all things social and digital media will take place in Singapore on 1st and 2nd September this year.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

As talented as a programmer/web developer may be, it still takes at least SOME time to grasp the basic concept of what you are wanting to do. But if you are working with a senior web developer you want to make use of their experience and giving them too strict guidelines can hinder that. to this simple version."