February 2014

10th Annual Semantic Technology & Business Conference

By |February 28th, 2014

The Semantic Technology & Business Conference celebrates its 10th year, and the predictions indicate it will be better than ever. Semantic technologies are being used to generate revenue, save money, and solve real problems. The Semantic Technology & Business Conference brings together today’s industry leaders and practitioners to explore the challenges and opportunities jointly impacting both corporate business leaders and technologists.

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Classifying Colors

By |February 27th, 2014

As a writer, I can completely understand someone who "loves to collect words." Whether you are writing a story, reading or just mentally bookmarking words for future use, I get the fascination.

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The Wide World of Vocabulary

By |February 25th, 2014

The average English-speaker knows between 25,000 and 40,000 words. The Oxford English Dictionary bills itself as the “definitive record of the English language.” To date, they have recorded 800,000 words and counting.

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Access Innovations Named in KMWorld’s Annual “100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management”

By |February 24th, 2014

Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in digital data organization, announces its inclusion on KMWorld’s annual list of the “Top 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management.”

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The Taxonomy of Redundancy

By |February 21st, 2014

We have all worked at organizations at one time or another that touted their mission, vision, and values and expected staff to be able to recite them at any time, on the spot. If you have ever worked at a hospital, you were often threatened with "Joint Commission might ask you in the hallway and you have to know." Thirteen years later, no Joint Commission surveyor had ever stopped me to inquire of such information. All that memorizing was for naught.

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Villains, Psychopaths, and Taxonomies

By |February 20th, 2014

My unending search for unique and special taxonomies took a dark turn this week into the world of psychopaths, specifically those in movies.

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