By Tom DunlapOne of the hats I wear is that of the managing editor of the WebMediaBrand's site
SemanticWeb.com -- sister site of Datamation -- which is in the early stages of a redesign (although you can't see the modifications yet.)
WebMediaBrands is the new name for Jupitermedia, in case you were wondering.
One thing the updated SemanticWeb will feature is a Twitter search box. I'm in the early stages of developing my Twitter chops, but it's clear how increasingly important the microblogging phenomenon is. And how much I have to learn.
Hundreds (thousands?) of semantic web engineers, enthusiasts, evangelists, entrepreneurs, and bloggers use Twitter. There's even a thriving
Semantic Web Twitter Group.
Joining the group has stepped up my Twitter knowledge, although I have a long way to go until I'm kicking back on Easy Tweet (rimshot): I now know what a "hashtag" is, and I'm pretty sure I know what it does. The group has also given me lots of ideas for stories. Also, a big chunk of the redesigned SemanticWeb site will be an aggregation section. The Semantic Web Twitter Group has alerted me to dozens of stories, blogs, groups, etc. in the linked world universe, which will be invaluable when I fill out that aggregation section.
So I'm a fan of that Twitter group. It helps me sort through the clutter of my full-on Tweet stream. If you're also a fan of the Semantic Web Twitter Group, or if you have any suggestions for the SemanticWeb redesign, or any comments on the new look when it launches, send me a Tweet,
https://twitter.com/Semanticwebsite, or an e-mail, tdunlap@internet.com.
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