Web 3.0 is Hard, Slow Work

Virtual Barn-Raising Underway–How to feel as if you’re part of something big
The next generation web, whatever catchphrase will finally be attached to it, is hardly a magical divination. There is currently very tedious work going on, especially in deeper recesses where labels like “semantic” and “natural language” are pitched out onto the field.
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Powerset Tease

Powerset is playing its launch very safe, measured doses, just a little bit at a time. I just read their schpiel on Power Mouse and Use Cases. Clearly Use Cases capabilities really show the versatility of language nuance that’s being built into their engine.

Some Info I Missed on Powerset

Mark Johnson, a Powerset product manager, reminded me that the search engine also offers up search results with some nifty highlighting so you really can see how relevant your search is. Visually pinpoint the data for which you’re sifting on a page of blah, blah, blah–in a jiffy. Very usable.