My blog has moved!

You should be automatically redirected in 6 seconds. If not, visit
http://www.scienceforseo.com
and update your bookmarks.

Showing posts with label SAW 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SAW 2009. Show all posts

January 09, 2009

TGIF - 2009 starts

Welcome to the 1st TGIF of 2009.  I'm glad many of you have enjoyed this series during 2008 and I hope that you enjoy the 2009 collection.  Hopefully the festive season was enormous fun for everyone and you are not feeling the January Blues too much.  If you are I hope that this installment lightens your mood.  

Heads-up: I'm off on a 2 week holiday to Thailand and Cambodia for a couple of weeks and then I will be in Sydney for a while.  If you're in any of those places drop me line and we can meet up for some geek talk.  I will still be blogging and available to you though!

Without further ado...

Quotes:

"The first time you do something it’s science.  The second time is engineering.  The third time is … just being a technician.  I’m a scientist: once I do something, I want to do something else. (Clifford Stoll) - thanks to Alex.

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it." (Anon)

"He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning." (Anon)

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science -the one that heralds new discoveries- is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny...". (I. Asimov)

Facts:

From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day. 

In the 1980s, an IBM computer wasn't considered 100 percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft Flight Simulator*

The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute, less than half the normal rate of 20.

By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.

Cool links:

Computer parts art - pretty cool and imaginative!

The game "Window cleaner" looks super boring - why on earth did someone bother to invent and code it (this is not a joke part of the film)?  And who would want a talking John Mcenroe robot for 5.5 million dollars? - Very very funny stuff!

December 19, 2008

Submit a paper to SAW 2009!

The "3rd Workshop on Social Aspects of the Web (SAW 2009)" is calling for papers - you don't have to be a die-hard academic or scientist to submit a paper. In fact I encourage those from other backgrounds to do so, as it's really good for diversity at these conferences, and your insight is valuable to the community.

"The goal of the 3rd Workshop is to bring researchers and practitioners together to explore the issues and challenges related to social aspects of the Web."

The deadline for submission is the 1st February - conference is 27-29th April in Poland:

* Long papers: max. 12 pages
* Work-in-progress reports: max. 6 pages
* Demo papers: max. 4 pages

If you fancy giving it a go the areas of interest (broadly) are:

 - People on the social Web (communities, collaboration, interaction models...)

 - Data and content on the social Web (social content organisation, semantic social web, ontologies...)

 - Social software and services (specific types of social networks, architectures, technologies...)

 - Mining the social Web (the social graph, activity patterns, marketing...)

For more in-depth information and the submission procedure see their website.  Pay special attention to the format required because if it's not in that format they'll discard your paper.

Creative Commons License
Science for SEO by Marie-Claire Jenkins is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Based on a work at scienceforseo.blogspot.com.