Technology
Classic Posts Summer – Why Use A Taxonomy Management Tool?
Our regular blogger is out of commission while recovering from surgery. Please enjoy this classic blog post, written by Margie Hlava in 2010, answering a very common question. Updates and notes are in brackets. Why Use A Taxonomy Management Tool? July 12, 2010 – This question was recently asked and addressed in a community online…
Read MoreClassic Posts Summer – Google Becoming More Human-Like – Are You Really Surprised?
Our regular blogger is out of commission while recovering from surgery. Please enjoy this classic blog post. In 2010, we were already commenting on Google becoming more human-like. A decade and a half later, this feels more true than ever. Google Becoming More Human-Like – Are You Really Surprised? June 30, 2010 – With the…
Read MoreClassic Posts Summer – Where Are They Now
Our regular blogger is out of commission while recovering from surgery. Please enjoy this classic post, written by Margie Hlava, about some early 2000’s start-ups. Where Are They Now? May 2, 2011 – Tech companies come and go. There are always tech savvy entrepreneurs with big ideas looking to fill a need in the market…
Read MoreInvesting in IT Careers at Home
Collaboration across party lines is working towards creating information technology jobs and careers for the residents of middle America. This interesting information came to us from The New York Times in their article, “The Coders of Kentucky.” Instead of outsourcing technical jobs to other countries, one organization invested in the people of Appalachia with training…
Read MoreSenior Data Architect Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, 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 evolving.…
Read MoreBlockchain in Higher Education
Blockchain technology is the new kid on the block and is getting a lot of attention. Many industries are finding uses for this, and for the education sector there are a plethora of opportunities. This interesting information came to us from Blockonomi in their article, “Educators Turn to Blockchain with New Programs & Record-Keeping.” With a…
Read MoreImage Synthesis Gets Help from AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies are reaching new levels of accomplishment each and every day, with no sign of plateauing in the near future. Venture Beat brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “DeepMind AI can generate convincing photos of burgers, dogs, and butterflies.” Now a system that can produce…
Read MoreNew Product Marries Libraries and Machine Learning
San Francisco-based Fast.ai recently released version 1.0 of “fastai,” a set of code libraries designed to radically simplify writing machine learning tasks. ZD Net brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Fast.ai’s software could radically democratize AI.” Radical and library are not two words commonly seen together, but this new product, which is built…
Read MoreWorst Case Scenario
Ransomware is no longer just a trade term. It would be difficult to be unaware of the disaster and havoc ransomware can wreak upon an organization. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting and somewhat alarming topic to our attention in their article, “Ransomware’s Menace Goes Far Beyond Encryption.” We all have those nightmares. No, not the naked at…
Read MoreBlockchain Might Be Key to Data Security
Blockchain technology is growing at a rapid pace, right along with the Internet of Things (IoT). These two technologies are changing how business on the internet gets done. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Blockchain Offers Internet of Things Data Quality and Data Security.” Blockchain provides data security and data quality at levels not…
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