Posts by Melody Smith
The Role of Taxonomists
Taxonomy plays a vital scientific role: collecting and cataloging the natural world for study. Being a taxonimist may not seem to be exciting but for those in the field, they disagree. This interesting topic came from ABC in their article, “A day in the life of a museum taxonomist.” Dr Amber Beavis is a research scientist…
Read MoreOur Top Information Industry Trends of 2015
The Demise of the “Physical Book” has been exaggerated The Information Industry has no single central meeting Taxonomies are used in websites but not in search Analytics are booming. Changing information landscape Google Scholar Semantics, Linked Data, and the cloud Boomers are not retiring The weather in Albuquerque is cold and overcast with a chance…
Read MoreAutomated Technology in the Future
Automation has been the key word to progress for generations, starting with Henry Ford as he cranked out the first “horseless carriage” in Detroit. The goal has involved assembly lines and machination doing what humans can do but with much more precision and speed. It is no different in the world of technology. What used…
Read MoreDon’t Blame the Christmas Tree
The general public is unaware that there are so many variety of Christmas trees. Sure they know of the blue spruce, a couple types of fir like Fraser and Canaan, and the traditional white pine – but most believe all of those are evergreens. The meanings of the words “evergreen” and “conifer” are not the same…
Read MoreWhat About the Data?
Data is so much more these days than we ever thought possible. That applies to volume, and also to the variety of data types. There is structured data, semi-structured data, and unstructured data – plus there’s big data, which isn’t exclusive of any of the other types. Forbes brought this interesting information to us in their article,…
Read MoreGoogle Expands Data Centers
Google is planning to build another data center in Clarksville, Tennessee. This will make the eighth data center for the technological giant. This interesting information came to us in The Tennessean and their article, “Google to invest in new Clarksville data center.” With an investment of $600 million for this data center, Google will create about 70 full-time…
Read MoreBuilding Knowledge Management
Progressive Digital Media is in talks over the potential acquisition of a provider of healthcare business information. Proactive Investors brought this news to us in their article, “Progressive Digital Media in talks over potential transaction.” The company has stated that the deal would add ‘a third industry vertical’ to the group’s existing business information proposition and would be consistent with…
Read MoreMoving to the Cloud
Oracle simplified the process of unlocking business value from big data with the announcement of Oracle Cloud Platform for Big Data. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “Oracle Unveils Oracle Cloud Platform for Big Data.” As part of the world’s most complete Platform as a Service portfolio, Oracle Cloud Platform for Big Data…
Read MoreAnalytical Computer Scientist Position Available
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…
Read MoreFindable Data on Facebook
Facebook has unleashed a new function that will make everything you post publicly to the site searchable. This interesting information came from Tech Insider in their article, “Facebook is going to make everything you post publicly easily searchable.” This function is called Search FYI and will organize search results hierarchically. This way, users can see what news sources, friends…
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