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2008/04/16: drinking the kool-aid

I got me a twitter account. Whoo. You can follow me at infod1va if you're so inclined. I do this with great hesitation as I'm the type who can get sucked into bulletin boards or groups or lists to the detriment of my work. I took the plunge so I can follow the folks participating on the semanticlibrary wiki, which was created by Fiona Bradley of semanticlibrary.net. If you haven't caught this blog yet, you should. Only up since 11/2007 and already it's a "must read" in my aggregator.

The wiki exists to support the goal of putting together an online learning program for librarians who are interested in learning more about semantic web technologies. One of my big goals for 2008 is to gain more hands-on experience with the relevant technologies. Yes I can read XML but transforming it is beyond me. Most of my professional development in things technical is project-based. Meaning, I think of a useful application and then set out to build it. For example, I taught myself javascript back in the '90s by creating an interactive tutorial on patent searching (please forgive the color scheme. It was the 90s, I was hanging out with ravers, what can I say?). I read a lot but it's not the same as doing something yourself.

There's a good story as to why I have to use infod1va rather than infodiva. I'll tell it when my lawyers give me the go-ahead.

Labels: metadata, semantic web, what i did today

posted by Laura @ 5:16 PM