Re: A simple link, it turns out

Marshall Spight wrote:
> dawn wrote:
> > >From August 2005 wired (sometime in the near future) a callout in the
> > article "We are the Web" by Kevin Kelly reads,
> >
> > "A simple link, it turns out, is the most powerful invention of the
> > decade."
>
> I wonder which decade they mean, the fifties or the sixties?
>
>
> > I, for one, am pleased that links have been "invented" and we are
> > permitted to drive around through data again. I don't need to do it
> > all the time, typically when I have a particular instance -- person,
> > place, thing or event -- and want to know more about it. Sure, if I
> > know where I'm headed I could do that with set processing, but I
> > appreciate the permission to wander too.
>
> How often do you find what you're looking for via clicking on a link,
> and how often via a search engine?

and show me a search engine based on the RM ... (I think it is called SQL) On a related note, I just listened to Adam Bosworth http://rdscon.vo.llnwd.net/o1/_downloads/itc/mp3/2005/ITC.MySQL2005-AdamBosworth-2005.04.21.mp3

and highly recommend it to anyone interested in the future of databases and the web. RSS 2.0 with extensions (like Amazon A9) and not XQuery for web data(base) (not just "documents" but it does synch with my data type of Document) standards. Significant query & update features will be missing but it definitely makes me think.

--dawn Received on Wed Jul 27 2005 - 18:32:57 CEST