Paul Ford uses a fictional story from five years in the future to explain the semantic web: August 2009: How Google Beat Amazon and Ebay to the Semantic Web.
For more info about the Semantic Web concept:
I suspect that Paul’s story is ispired by Perhaps Paul’s story inspired some actual events…
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Dougal, Paul wrote that in early ‘04, long before Matt wrote either entry.
Er, 2002, not 2004.
Doh! I saw the “July 26″ part of the date, but completely missed the year.
In that case, perhaps we can conclude that someone at Google read Paul’s article and took it to heart?
I’ve edited the entry appropriately.
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geek ramblings links to Ftrain.com: Paul Ford looks into the crystal ball to imagine a future where Google has harnessed an evolved web to become the economy. It’s between you and the seller, anonymously, perhaps even tax-free if you have the right account
geek ramblings links to Ftrain.com: Paul Ford looks into the crystal ball to imagine a future where Google has harnessed an evolved web to become the economy. It’s between you and the seller, anonymously, perhaps even tax-free if you have the right account number,