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

Austin Startup

Now you can use Wikipedia, the New York Times, or even your friends’ Web sites as your database—all without learning custom APIs. The web has gone social and is rapidly going semantic. 4) social network anaysis enabled by Annotations and linked data. Escape Database Jail – Moving Beyond NoSQL. Jans Aasman – Franz.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Talk to your customers. The right people are potential customers – ask them if they have the problem. Only if you’re doing it with the intention to learn about the market and customers.

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

I also like the work I did (on cS) for a social networking site, where the brand name of the site was a pun on the name of an historical figure. The Internet has resources for all these items but I also use custom illustration the old-fashioned way, when the budget allows. Ah yes, that’s an all-too-common problem.