Nicholas Carr digests Eric Schmidt’s account of Web 3.0 and provides a very nice analysis of Google’s take on 3.0, the Semantic Web and his own definition of Web 3.0.

The CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, recently defined Web 3.0 when probed by a journalist at the Seoul Digital Forum. Here is his reply. Channy Yun of Korean Crunch posted the initial movie via YouTube.

Dion Hinchcliffe provides a series of definitions or explanations of the Web 2.0 phenomenom in his blog. His entry, Review of the Year’s Best Web 2.0 Explanations includes definitions from Richard McManus and Tim O’Reilly. It is an old post but useful nevertheless.

Tonight my cat Sootie did something quite remarkable! I was in one part of the house near the bedrooms and Sootie came in looking alarmed and frightened. He miaowed loudly and was looking down the hallway. I thought that perhaps there was a burglar in the house and I gingerly went to investigate. When I reached the living room at the other end of our home there was smoke gathering around the ceiling! There was a fire! I looked for the seat of the blaze but could not find any. There was just smoke thinly accumulating near the ceiling. Perhaps a “down” light in the ceiling had shorted.

I called my neighbour Dale. He switched off the power. He had a look in the roof but found nothing. We went back to the living room and came to the conclusion that the TV had shorted based on the smell of the smoke. We restored power and the TV is indeed dead. Perhaps it had made a loud noise when it shorted. Anyway, Sootie is a legend and perhaps he saved the day!

Our smoke alarm is further away, nearer the bedrooms. I think the smoke would have eventually set it off if I had not opened the windows and the door. Sootie was uneasy for quite a while afterwards. He hid in our bed during the drama.

This is an interesting tool that teachers and students may find useful when commencing some research…Similpedia – Finding Similar Content. I do not advocate the use of wikipedia as a primary vehicle for research due to its inherent problems rleating to the veracity of the content however it does come in handy when obtaining an initial grasp of a subject and the links at the foot of an article can often prove to be a valuable launch pad for more concrete source material.

Similpedia also has a few tools and plug-ins that developers may find useful for embedding in thier blog or web site.