August 21st, 2008 by Tom Heath
Leigh Dodds has just blogged publicly about his forthcoming move to Talis. From 1st September he’ll be joining us as Programme Manager for the Talis Platform. I’m personally really excited about having Leigh on board – he’s been an impressive figure on the Semantic Web scene for quite some time; IIRC I even used his FOAF-a-matic tool to create my first FOAF file back in the day. Not only will he bring some impressive skills to the company, but his move here further demonstrates that we can attract top-class Semantic Web talent. Leigh, welcome on board 
August 4th, 2008 by Tom Heath
I’ve just been having a play with Cuil. In general I really like it, particularly the richer layout. What is very weird (aka rubbish) though is the algorithm they’re using to select images for display next to each result. A quick search for Talis shows some relatively sensible accommpanying images, although I’m not sure who the young guy with the beard is.
A bit of vanity searching though throws up all sorts of weirdness. This time who is the old dude with the beard known as 303 See Other? He looks kind of familiar, but there’s no way it’s me. And who’s the other young guy with the whispy chin hair, and why is he squatting on my publications page? I like the juxtaposition of Linked Data and the Killer App image, but why? There seem to be far too many false positives, so come on Cuil, up the confidence threshold slightly.