Bernhard Schandl's blog

Refinder deployment options

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Sat, 01/14/2012 - 19:58

As you may know, straight from its beginnings Refinder has been designed as Software-as-a-Service. This means that the software runs, and the user data are stored, on servers managed and operated by Gnowsis. To use Refinder, you just fire up a Web browser, go to www.getrefinder.com, enter your email address and password, and there you go.

What's next in Refinder

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:49

A couple of days ago, Franz asked his crystal ball (which, I sometimes suspect, rather looks like this) for predications about how social business will evolve in 2012. I'd like to follow up on that with a short outlook on what the Refinder development team is currently working on, and what we plan to release in the next few months to you, beloved customer.

Socialize your findings!

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 11:22
Socialize your findings!

Chances are high that you have some tool to remember the things you stumble upon, be it blog posts, tweets, news articles, infographics, and more. Having such a tool gives you the confidence that you will be able to retrieve interesting items later when you need to get back to them.

Collections: Collect and Collaborate in Refinder

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 15:28

Collections are Refinder's primary tool for collecting and collaborating information. A collection is a group of things of any kind, from any source, from any user that has access to a collection. Think of it as a folder on your hard disk, but on steroids!

A semantic platform

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 19:29

Recently we at Gnowsis stumbled upon the question, "what is a semantic platform"? This is an interesting question, because the "semantics" term is loaded with so many different interpretations and opinions that it is really hard to give a simple yet precise answer. Anyway, since we believe that with Refinder we are actually building a "semantic platform", we should be able to give an answer to that question. 

Privacy and Security in Refinder

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 20:34

We at Gnowsis understand that your data is a valuable good. Your data may be a critical factor for your business, and you rightfully take care of your private stuff. Certain parts of your data (like emails or business documents) are for sure not to be seen by others, and we respect this. Most importantly, your data will not be visible to any other user.
 

The Power of URLs (or: addresses for your information)

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 14:54

One thing that tech people working in the Web area are familiar with are URLs — the so-called Uniform Resource Locators. A URL is basically a short piece of text that uniquely identifies something, and if two parties are exchanging such an URL everyone knows what the other party is referring to.

LASSO: Lookup and Alignment Services with Semantic Open Data

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 08:32

Gnowsis is happy to be part of the LASSO project. In this two-year project (which is partially funded by the FFG FIT-IT Semantic Systems programme) we aim to explore methods how we can exploit the huge amounts of structured data on the Web in order to improve Personal Information Management activities. We carry out this project together with our partners punkt.net Services GmbH, IWM @ TU Graz, and Neurovation GmbH.

Gnowsis pitches again ... successfully!

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:51

I just got notice from Leo who is currently at the SemTech Innovate!2010 Pitch Slam that Gnowsis won the third place! The winners are Hypios followed by SmartLogic, congratulations to them!

Cluug Tutorials Part 2: Relations and Recommendations

Bernhard Schandl Bernhard Schandl on Sat, 05/01/2010 - 20:16

One of the most powerful features of Cluug is its ability to relate (or link) your things. This can be done manually, or by using Cluug's powerful recommendation mechanism that suggests potentially interesting things, both from your personal data but also from public data sources. Watch how you can use relations and recommendations here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0qrWvGdnfE

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