tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70264030366499236562011-04-21T19:45:56.331-07:00Ideas trigger Ideas. This is the case with many ideas in this blog. I hope these will trigger other, perhaps better ideas.Dorainoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026403036649923656.post-75323035823951118692008-03-29T05:32:00.000-07:002008-03-29T06:10:22.302-07:00An email on <a href="http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ruleML/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">RuleML</span> 2008</a> triggered some thoughts. If I have to submit a paper or participate in the challenge what would be some cool applications? It is easier to start with my own needs, as I do in every project we start with.<br /><br /><ol><li>Need a way to classify my email so that I can decide what to read after I finish the most essential work items</li><li>Need a way to filter news to a very fine grained level of my interest</li><li>Need to track specific sub segments of the industry, some times up to a single company or even division or a product group in a company</li><li>Keep an eye out for emerging technologies (I became aware of the Semantic Web in 1999 and XML in 1998 by tracking W3C website)</li><li>Find <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">podcasts</span>, videos, blogs and articles on big ideas (TED Talks and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">HBR</span>)</li><li>Track discussions and ideas on innovation, learning</li><li>Talk trends in software development, programming languages, web scale applications and parallel programming</li></ol>I want to do this without being overwhelmed by the huge volume of information that comes from a wide variety of sources.<br /><br />I tried several things from recurring searches to Google alerts. Even built our own information trackers (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">InfoMinder</span>) and a Feed aggregation and filtering system (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">NewsMinder</span>). I think a rule driven Information Aggregation and Filtering system that can be fine tuned constantly may be a really useful system.<br /><br />In this system each user would build his own set of rules in a language as close to English as possible. I know it is a dream, but we can inch towards it. I need to think through a lot of issues before presenting a paper or building an application. This blog post is the first attempt to put down my thoughts.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7026403036649923656-7532303582395111869?l=connectingsomedots.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dorainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026403036649923656.post-35544563656439385502008-03-22T20:39:00.000-07:002008-03-22T22:00:12.132-07:00<span>I have been keeping an idea log for a while. Capturing of ideas seem to take place in different places in different forms with different tools.<br /><br />Here are some ideas on jotting down ideas:<br /><br /></span><ul><li>A notebook (still the most favorite medium)</li><li>Del.icio.us (Since ideas are triggered by web pages where most of my reading happens)</li><li>In my mobile phone (when I am away from my machine)</li><li>In my desktop wiki (this used to be a word document and then a google notebook)</li><li>In a private blog</li><li>Finally, this public blog<br /></li></ul>The idea of keeping an idea log has evolved over time. This is the new home.<br /><br /><span>Ideas are triggered by several things - a piece of text, a passing thought, a fragment of a conversation, another idea . Ideas trigger other ideas. I am sure somewhere in the world others are have similar thoughts. If you are one of those, and if any of these ideas seem even remotely interesting, let us start a dialog.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7026403036649923656-3554456365643938550?l=connectingsomedots.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dorainoreply@blogger.com0