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The Power of Pull: David Siegel’s Semantic Future
by Tim Frick
David Siegel's book Pull outlines a semantic future that is equally Orwellian and utopian.
I've been wrestling with the semantic web for a while, trying to figure out specifically what it meant for Mightybytes and what it could do for our customers. Focal Press suggested I include information on semantic search in Return on Engagement and that provided the impetus for me to really wrap my head around its admittedly sometimes esoteric concepts. As part of this process, I purchased numerous books on the topic, many of which read like a dissertation and typically put me to sleep after just a few pages (admittedly, most of them were never finished). None put semantic web concepts into as much relevant context as Pull by David Siegel.
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