Tag Archives: geo

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Jun 11

The Non Golden Rules of Geo (Redux)

Posted on 5th June 2011 by Gary

Back when I used to work for Yahoo! I wrote a lot of posts for the Geo Technologies blog; for reasons partially explained in my last post, that blog is now offline, presumed dead. But one post that seems to … Continue reading →

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Dec 10

Paleo vs. Neo – A Final Word (Plus A Helpful Venn Diagram)

Posted on 2nd December 2010 by Gary

When you’re on the inside of an industry looking in, you take a lot of things for granted. You fling terminology, acronyms and slang around, safe and secure in the knowledge that your audience knows exactly what you’re talking about. … Continue reading →

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Jun 10

Two Weeks In; Of Dog Food, Mobile Handsets and Finnish Doors

Posted on 17th June 2010 by Gary

Two weeks into the Nokia and Ovi experience and I can finally pause and catch my breath. It’s been an intense two weeks and asking me what my impressions are of Nokia are akin to putting someone at the top … Continue reading →

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May 10

Your Place Is Not My Place; The Perils of Disambiguation

Posted on 10th May 2010 by Gary

We take the art of geographic lookup for granted these days; type a place name into a form on a web site or feed it into a web service API and hey presto! Most of the time you’ll be told … Continue reading →

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May 10

Retiring The Theory of Stuff; But First, A Corollary

Posted on 4th May 2010 by Gary

It’s time to put the Theory of Stuff out to pasture. It’s had a good life. It’s appeared in 5 of my talk decks (or so Spotlight tells me), in 3 of my blog posts and continues to generate hits … Continue reading →

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