My Friend David’s New Book – Releasing on Dec 31 – Semantic Web

Posted by Darren on Dec 30, 2009 • (Comments)

I met David at a dinner hosted by a MD of a hedge fund a few years back who happens to be one of the most connected digital guys.   Little did I know, I was sitting next to the guru of the early web design books of the 90s of which I had 2 of them on my shelf at home.

I maintained friendship with David beyond the dinner and have gotten coffee over the years to chat about his entrepreneurial engagements, chocolate, roller skating, candidacy to become Apple’s next CEO, and of course, children (he’s also a father of a young child).

David’s big day is tomorrow, when Portfolio Hardcover is releasing his next book entitled Pull:  The Power of the Semantic Web to Transform Your Business.  The title is a mouthful and a bit boring but if I know David, the book will certainly impress.

Per his book description:  Pull is the blueprint to the next disruptive wave. Some call it Web 3.0; others call it the semantic web. It’s a fundamental transition from pushing information to pulling, using a new way of thinking and collaborating online. Using the principles of this book, you will slash 5-20 percent off your bottom line, make your customers happier, accelerate your industry, and prepare your company for the twenty-first century. It isn’t going to be easy, and you don’t have any choice. By 2015, your company will be more agile and your processes more flexible than you ever thought possible.

For those who are interested in learning about the semantic web further, you can purchase his book on Amazon.

Other ways to learn about the semantic web:  wikipedia, w3c, semanticweb.org, avc (fred wilson), oreilly

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  • fendien
    Nice write up. Ordered it last week and can't wait to read it this weekend. What I liked also from the Amazon description is:

    "Imagine that, in 1992, someone handed you a book about the future of something called the World Wide Web. This book claimed that through a piece of software called a "browser", which accesses "web sites", the world economy and our daily lives would change forever. Would you have believed even 10 percent of that book? Did you take advantage of the first Internet wave and get ahead of the curve?
    Pull is the blueprint to the next disruptive wave."
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