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Larry Swanson

@larry.bsky.social
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community ecosystem development | knowledge graphs | ontology design | information architecture | practice cultivation

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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
With their ability to separate transient data from #KnowledgeGraph facts, you could call Eric Little's #SuperDomains the original #ContextGraph. Listen in for more KG insights, including Eric's rigorous philosophical approach to #ontology practice knowledgegraphinsights.com/eric-little/
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Eric Little: super domains, the original context graph
Eric Little is the creator of the concept of super domains, an early version of what is now called a context graph.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In her new book, #Ontology Pipeline: A Framework for Knowledge Engineering, @jtalisman.bsky.social repurposes the #semanticSpectrum as a way to organize the process of developing enterprise #knowledgeGraphs. A very edifying conversation - check it out. knowledgegraphinsights.com/jessica-2/
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Jessica Talisman: the ontology pipeline for knowledge engineering
Jessica Talisman is a knowledge graph expert and the author of "Ontology Pipeline: A Framework for Knowledge Engineering"
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Most conversations about taming generative AI focus on guardrails bolted on after the fact. Dougal Watt takes a different approach: generate the meaning first, as an ontology, and let everything else — agents, APIs, knowledge graphs — flow from that. knowledgegraphinsights.com/dougal-watt/
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Dougal Watt: human-guided, LLM-assisted ontology modeling
Dougal Watt is an expert on human-guided, LLM-assisted ontology modeling and on AI harnesses, guardrails, and safety.
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‮Jeff Eaton @eaton.fyi · 26/07/2026
Random question for the possibly-zero number of friends whose interests overlap in data science and far-right religious groups like NAR. …Is there anyone out there who'd be interested in a normalized corpus of ~30 years of "prophetic messages" that were published to a NAR audience of ~250,000?
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
With a career that spans academic study as a computational neuroscientist and his current work creating enterprise systems that ground LLMs in #ontology backed #knowledgeGraphs, Yann Le Franc is a living embodiment of #neurosymbolicAI. knowledgegraphinsights.com/yann-le-franc/
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Yann Le Franc: from semantic silos to shared ontology practice
Yann Le Franc is an expert on spanning semantic silos, developing shared ontology practices, and hybrid AI architectures.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
when in rome
A duck stands on one leg among a half-dozen flamingos, also standing on one leg.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
As the #Cyc project winds down, one of its main contributors, @benrode.bsky.social, is trying to migrate its #ontology to RDF, an ambitious project, much like Cyc. We tried to focus on the Cyc>RDF project, but there was just too much good #AIhistory to share. knowledgegraphinsights.com/ben-rode/
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Ben Rode: porting the Cyc ontology to RDF
Benjamin Rode is an expert on AI history and the Cyc project and is currently porting its upper ontology to RDF.
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Ivo @velitchkov.eu · 05/07/2026
And @doctorow.pluralistic.net strikes again
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Rob Hanna and Lance Cummings explore how #DITA #informationTyping clarifies writing for human readers, and have discovered in the process that those same structural principles help AI deliver better results. A very edifying conversation. Hope you enjoy it, too. ellessmedia.com/csi/info-typ...
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Rob Hanna and Lance Cummings: information typing in DITA
Rob Hanna and Lance Cummings are experts on information typing in DITA, which helps both human readers and AI better understand content.
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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I was tired of always answering the same question over and over, so I’ve created willaireplacetechnicalwriters.com
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Will AI replace technical writers?
Will AI replace technical writers?
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Bob DuCharme @bobdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Recent slide deck "Is the Semantic Web Vision Still Relevant?" from @jahendler.bsky.social and Ora Lassila is really good. www.slideshare.net/slideshow/is...
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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 22/06/2026
In urgent need of funds. If you know of anyone looking for contract/freelance web development work please send them my way! I specialize in accessibility, design systems, & documentation. Open to full stack as well! Email: inquiries@semanticfish.com Website: semanticfish.com
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Me in 2006: This Sci Fi book is stupid! How would a society just forget how to do sophisticated and advanced thinking? Me in 2026: ok yeah fair enough
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Lulit Tesfaye improves companies' AI capabilities with a #semanticLayer that puts precious knowledge assets in a #context that machines can actually work with. A crucial part of that context is the interoperability that standards like #RDF enable. knowledgegraphinsights.com/lulit-tesfaye/
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Lulit Tesfaye: semantic architectures for the AI era
Lulit Tesfaye is a Partner and VP at Enterprise Knowledge and an expert on semantic architectures for AI and knowledge management.
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Sharon Burton @sharonburton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This anthology is an international story of professional resilience and technical brilliance. We are excited to bring these diverse voices together in one volume. Will yours be one of them? Submit here: forms.gle/jw5AZ4nBtTKT... #WomenInEngineering #Professionalism #STEMWomen
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Andy Welfle 🛰️ @andy.wtf · 29/05/2026
Random question: does anyone here know anyone in San Francisco/Bay Area who does MacBook mods or repairs? I want to do some MacBook Neo modding and am a bit freaked out to do it myself.
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paco xander nathan @pacoid.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Two years ago, by chance we got a culinary herb from Italy called Stridolo (Silene inflata). We live in the coastal woodlands of Sonoma County, California., and this seems to love our climate. I use this in pasta, and would love to hear more from people in Italy who use it regularly. #FoodSky
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Giancarlo Guizzardi advances the fields of #semantics, #ontology, and #conceptualModeling with his work on the Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO), the OntoUML pattern language, and #explainableAI. Fun conversation. Hope you enjoy it, too. knowledgegraphinsights.com/giancarlo-gu...
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Giancarlo Guizzardi: ontology, semantics, and explainable AI
Giancarlo Guizzardi is an expert on ontology engineering, conceptual modeling, semantics, and explainable AI at the University of Twente.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Ora Lassila and @ktk.netlabs.org lead the W3C working group that is tackling the #RDF reification problem. RDF 1.2 introduces the reifier, which lets you annotate individual graph relationships with provenance, confidence, and source. knowledgegraphinsights.com/rdf12/
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Ora Lassila and Adrian Gschwend: RDF 1.2 working group update
Ora Lassila and Adrian Gschwend lead the W3C RDF 1.2 working group, which is focusing on improvements to how RDF handles reification.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Long before Foundation Capital published their "trillion dollar opportunity" article about them, @trustspooky.bsky.social had been building a platform for #contextGraphs, aiming to ground probabilistic AI systems in a reliable knowledge system. knowledgegraphinsights.com/daniel-davis/
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Daniel Davis: grounding generative AI with context graphs
Daniel Davis is an expert on grounding gen AI with context graphs and co-founder of TrustGraph.ai, an open-source context graph platform.
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Andy Welfle 🛰️ @andy.wtf · 28/04/2026
“Give your agent legs” is a wild way to say: “we hired a guy, and he has a backpack” Congratulations, you invented couriers
A flyer taped to a street pole in San Francisco advertising Doorstep (trydoorstep.app), reading "Give your agent legs — one message to your agent and it can do real stuff: pickups, delivers, errands and more. A real person in SF handles it." The flyer features an illustration of a laptop, an arrow pointing to a courier walking past Victorian rowhouses, and a QR code
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Best known as a #knowledgeGraph and #SHACL expert, @veronahe.bsky.social also connects #dataEngineering, #informationArchitecture, and #ontology practices via her consulting, teaching, and speaking. A fun conversation with an industry legend - hope you enjoy it as much as we did. buff.ly/YV5vFMW
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Veronika Heimsbakk: connecting data and knowledge engineering
Veronika Heimsbakk connects data engineering and knowledge architecture and is the author of the book "SHACL for the Practitioner"
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Ivo @velitchkov.eu · 20/04/2026
I've been using it happily for years now, but it's only today that I need to cite something which is "forthcoming," and when I use CSL Variable: Status as suggested here www.zotero.org/support/kb/i... It's not taken up. Any ideas?
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kb:item_types_and_fields [Zotero Documentation]
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
No one is better than @joereis.bsky.social at dismantling tech industry hype, like the current "context" craze. This was a fun and edifying and broad-ranging conversation. Hope you enjoy it, too. knowledgegraphinsights.com/joe-reis/
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Joe Reis: fighting "context" and other tech-industry hype
When Gartner declared 2026 "The Year of Context," Joe Reis leapt into action, writing a good-natured satirical article about the buzzword.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Few people have advanced the field of #contentDesign as much as Melanie Seibert. She's been designing content experiences and managing design teams for more than 25 years. She recently captured her best insights in a new book, "Managing Content Design Teams." ellessmedia.com/csi/melanie-...
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Melanie Seibert: author of "Managing Content Design Teams"
Melanie Seibert is a 25-year content design and management veteran and the author of the book "Managing Content Design Teams."
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Using time-tested #knowledgeGraph and #ontology design patterns, Robert Sanderson helps scholars and the general public access information about — and make connections across — millions of unique items in Yale's #culturalHeritage collections knowledgegraphinsights.com/rob-sanderson/
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Human in the loop 😀
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Zeiss' Service Copilot #agenticAI system includes #LLMs, but Max Gärber says that it's the system's solid #knowledgeGraph and metadata foundations that make it perform so well. An instructive and actionable conversation. Hope you enjoy it, too. knowledgegraphinsights.com/max-gaerber/
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Max Gärber: agentic AI built on a knowledge graph foundation
Max Gärber is an expert on agentic AI, knowledge graphs, and technical documentation and is a Consultant at PANTOPIX, a German consultancy.
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Unlock Data with Quentin @unlockdatawithq.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Tech is only as valuable as the problem it solves. 🤯 I joined @larry.bsky.social to share why we use a Neuro-Symbolic approach to solve narrow business problems with precision. Stop guessing; start knowing. 🎧 Listen: youtu.be/qVJW6AXwj88?... #EidenAI #NeuroSymbolicAI #KnowledgeGraphs
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Quentin Reul: Solving Business Problems with Neuro-Symbolic AI – Episode 44
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The complementary nature of #knowledgeGraphs and #LLMs is now clear and long-time knowledge engineering professionals like @unlockdatawithq.bsky.social are combining them in hybrid #neurosymbolicAI systems. Lots of pragmatic advice in this conversation. knowledgegraphinsights.com/quentin-reul/
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Quentin Reul: solving business problems with neuro-symbolic AI
Quentin Reul is an expert at solving business problems with neuro-symbolic AI, combining LLMs and knowledge graphs in hybrid AI systems.
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Ivo @velitchkov.eu · 03/02/2026
OK, so all is ready now. 📢[[Bluesky]] people, follow bsky.app/profile/anag... and start contributing to this wonderful [[knowledge graph]] commons. All it takes is adding a pair of square brackets around key words and phrases in your posts.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
25 years ago, @jahendler.bsky.social, web inventor @timbl.bsky.social, and early #AIagent expert Ora Lassila set out their #semanticWeb vision in Scientific American. Listen in on this fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the origins of their work. knowledgegraphinsights.com/jim-hendler/
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Jim Hendler: scaling AI and knowledge with the semantic web
Jim Hendler is a long-time AI expert and a co-creator of the semantic web, which has given meaning to the content on the internet.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Brad Bolliger came to #knowledgeGraphs via enterprise system design and data analytics. That background informs their pragmatic approach to the use of semantic technology that facilitates information exchange across government agencies. knowledgegraphinsights.com/brad-bolliger/
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Brad Bolliger: pragmatic semantic modeling for government data
Brad Bolliger takes a pragmatic and strategic approach to semantic technology in information exchange systems that for government agencies.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
At Bloomberg, Tara Raafat applies the best #semantic practices and embraces the latest #AI technology to build #knowledgeGraphs, but engaging the right stakeholders and building the right kinds of teams is arguably the key to her success. knowledgegraphinsights.com/tara-raafat/
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Tara Raafat: human-centered knowledge graph & metadata leader
Tara Raafat focuses on people as well as technology as she builds high-performing knowledge graph architectures at Bloomberg.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I'm hosting a conversation about hybrid AI next week. Truly smart systems need it all - good data, neural learning, and symbolic knowledge - and these folks know how to deliver it. www.digital-science.com/events/what-... #knowledgeGraphs #LLMs #enterpriseData
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What GenAI does well — and where it needs an ecosystem - Digital Science
Exploring how hybrid AI approaches blend creativity with structured knowledge for more transparent and trustworthy decision-making.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
At Netflix, @alex.bertails.org and his team have adopted #RDF to build a Unified Data Architecture (UDA) and a #domainModeling language, Upper, that let them quickly and efficiently share complex #data with their internal engineering customers. knowledgegraphinsights.com/alex-bertails/
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Alexandre Bertails: the Netflix Unified Data Architecture
Alexandre Bertails has built at Netflix a Unified Data Architecture and Upper domain modeling language to "Model Once, Represent Everywhere."
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Super-fun to chat with @torreybird.bsky.social about her childhood family dinner-table conversations about semantics, her work aligning stakeholders on language and meaning in big digital projects, and how to close "semantic gaps" in complex organizations. knowledgegraphinsights.com/torrey/
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Torrey Podmajersky: language and meaning in complex systems
Torrey Podmajersky is a UX writer and content designer and an expert on aligning semantics and language in the design complex systems.
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Andy Welfle 🛰️ @andy.wtf · 18/09/2025
What's the German word for that specific feeling of satisfaction you get when you find an inexpensive paint pen that writes REALLY clearly and nicely on a strange (but cool) coverstock that your fresh Field Notes uses, when regular ink or graphite doesn't show up very well at all?
A blue Field Notes memo book on a laptop keyboard, opened to the inside cover. “Andy Welfle” is written in yellow ink on the name line, with the start date filled in as 9/14/2025 and the location as San Francisco. A yellow GetHPen Highlight Pen rests diagonally across the notebook. To the right, another open notebook page dated September 14, 2025 shows handwritten notes in blue ink.Close-up of the inside cover of a blue Field Notes memo book with “Andy Welfle” written in yellow ink on the property line. The clear cap of a yellow GetHPen Highlight Pen rests across the bottom edge of the notebook. A laptop keyboard is visible in the background.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
So good to see @velitchkov.eu at Semantics 2025. Great presentation on applying data centricity and rules to gnarly procurement problems.
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Casey Hart connects professional #ontology practice and the academic discipline of #philosophy and shows how concepts like epistemology, metaphysics, and rhetoric are relevant to both knowledge graphs and AI technology in general. knowledgegraphinsights.com/casey-hart/
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Casey Hart: the philosophical foundations of ontology practice
Casey Hart is an expert on the academic and philosophical foundations of professional ontology practice and knowledge graph construction.
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Chris Mungall @cmungall.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This is terrible news, not just for fly research, Drosophila is a key model organism that helps us understand shared biological pathways and the systems that underpin many human diseases 💔💔💔
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metaphactory @metaphactory.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
#AI adoption is growing in #LifeSciences, and a human-in-the-loop ( #HITL ) approach is an essential collaborator. HITL ensures accurate outcomes, eliminates bias, and allows humans to provide critical oversight. Read more: blog.metaphacts.com/human-in-the... #HumanInTheLoop #Research #Healthcare
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
@cmungall.bsky.social‬ tackles complex #knowledgeManagement challenges in the life sciences with well-honed collaborative methods and AI-augmented computational tooling, streamlining #ontology creation and #knowledgeGraph building. knowledgegraphinsights.com/chris-mungall/
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Chris Mungall: collaborative knowledge graphs in the life sciences
Chris Mungall is an expert on building knowledge graphs for the life sciences with a wide variety of scientific collaborators.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 26/07/2025
my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Leveraging MCP and LLM-powered natural-language interfaces, Emeka Okoye has created RDF Explorer, a Model Context Protocol #MCP service that lets any developer surf the semantic web without having to learn #RDF. knowledgegraphinsights.com/emeka-okoye/
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Emeka Okoye: exploring the semantic web with MCP
Emeka Okoye, is a very experienced ontology engineer and the creator of the RDF Explorer linked data tool, an MCP service
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Larry Swanson @larry.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Tom Plasterer was instrumental in the creation of the now-widely-adopted #FAIRdata principle, the idea - driven by the introduction of the #semanticWeb - that data should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. knowledgegraphinsights.com/tom-plasterer/
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Tom Plasterer: the origins of FAIR data practices
Tom Plasterer was instrumental in early efforts to make web data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable - that is, FAIR.
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
stop letting venture capitalists set the agenda.
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 27/06/2025
Back in the day, Twitter used to be really good if I set up a thread to connect freelancers with clients. Let's see if Bluesky can do it. Clients: if you're looking for freelancers/contractors, get in the comments Freelancers/contractors: get in comments Everyone else: boosts appreciated
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Fact: It is my birthday. Fact: I run a free+ad-free newsletter about keeping tech/UX design accountable, called Product Picnic. Conclusion: legally, you have to subscribe to it. The word of the birthday boy is law!
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The Product Picnic
Writing on UX and product management to connect today's discourse with classic insights that the industry forgot.
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‮Jeff Eaton @eaton.fyi · 25/06/2025
One of the lessons of working with lots of different clients in lots of different businesses is that “building useful abstractions” is a very valuable skill, but one that absolutely cannot replace real operational knowledge of the things being abstracted
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