November 25, 2008

An Anthropological Introduction To YouTube

This is simply a great presentation/movie about why YouTube is more than file sharing, why it is the emergence of a new kind of global community forming new kinds of connections transcending time and space. Its both fun to watch and insightful (and even emotional).

This video is already a few months old and has been posted by everyone and their dogs, BUT, it so good I simply want to have it on here. If you are interested Social Media and haven't seen it - do it! In the beginning it has a few dry minutes but it gets better and better.

November 20, 2008

Development and Verification of Rule Based Systems - a Survey of Developers

A few weeks ago I finally presented the results from the developer survey about Rule Base Development - Method, Tools, and Problems at the RuleML symposium in Florida. Embedded below are the slides summarizing the results; you can also download an extended version of the RuleML paper here.

BTW: The camera that was offered as a prize to participants of the survey went to Dr Flower in Australia who develops rule bases for Westpac Banking Corporation to be used in trading applications.