Summary The web was rocked this month with the tragic passing away of Aaron Swartz. A mixture of tributes, anger and loss have been widely expressed. Perhaps it was felt even more keenly by many in our group, as he … Continue reading
Summary Wishing all read write web enthusiasts a happy new year! 2012 ended with heated debate, at the World Conference on International Telecommunications over ongoing governance of the internet. Concerns had been raised that changes to the current groups, responsible … Continue reading
Summary ISWC 2012 took place in Boston this year, with many from this group participating in, what I hear was a very productive conference. Many topics were discussed including refining the definition of Identity on the Web, and the split … Continue reading
Summary Lyon, France witnessed around 500 of the top minds on the web, gathering for, TPAC 2012. There were many great workshops and events as well as unconference style ‘breakout sessions‘. It was also the first opportunity for the RWW … Continue reading
Summary As Q3 of 2012 draws to an end, many have noticed the launch of version 0.1 of, tent.io. Inspired by the WWW and Xanadu, tent aims to be distributed protocol using HTTP URIs to identify users, and communication via … Continue reading
Summary This month, 10,000 hackers gathered, at CampusParty Berlin where an excellent keynote was delivered by timbl. From my notes, there seemed to be some excitement about the maturing of the Open Web Platform, HTML5, and encouragement to deploy apps … Continue reading
Summary Awesome scenes in July as one of our members opened the Olympic Games. Incredible to see millions of people around the globe paying credit to way the Web has changed everyone’s lives. Growing pains experienced in two important specs: … Continue reading
Summary This month we witnessed some of the potential challenges with making the web more secure, with some of the most popular sites reporting password breaches. Perhaps this strengthens the advantages of secure single sign-on and PKI. Congratulations after several … Continue reading
Summary Linked data continues its mainstream roll out, with the annoucment of the Google Knowledge Graph, becoming part of standard search results. The “Linked Data Platform” WG has been chartered, and will hopefully provide a solid framework for RWW … Continue reading
Summary A big month all round. April saw over 2500 people attend the WWW conference, in Lyon. An excellent wrap-up from Yves Raimond, is available here. If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, the keynote is still … Continue reading
