[Fsuk-manchester] MFS Talk. Tuesday, 16th March. Rob Taylor, "The Semantic Desktop, SPARQL and You!"

[Michael Dorrington]

* Talk: The Semantic Desktop, SPARQL and You!
* Speaker: Rob Taylor

* Location: The Lass O' Gowrie's Salmon Room (upstairs).
* Address: 36 Charles Street, Manchester. M1 7DB.
* Website: http://www.thelass.co.uk/
* Date: Tuesday, 16th March 2010 (3rd Tuesday of the month)
* Start time: 19:00
* Finish time: 20:30

Details
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Rob Taylor will be giving a version of his FOSDEM 2010 talk, The
Semantic Desktop, SPARQL and You![1]

"You've probably heard about the Semantic Web and the Semantic Desktop.
But what lies behind the buzzwords? Let's look together at at effective
examples, running code and actual applications. Be inspired, tame the
sparql beast and join the future of desktop computing!"

Helpful links:
* Semantic Web Road map by Tim Berners-Lee
<http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Semantic.html>
* GNOME: The Semantic Desktop <http://live.gnome.org/SemanticDesktop>

"Rob Taylor: Managing Director, Codethink Ltd
<http://www.codethink.co.uk/> - Rob has been developing software since
he was just nine years old. His personal focus has always been on
working with powerful middleware and frameworks with the aim of
providing a far more compelling user experience. Having been educated in
Mathematics and Computer Science at Cambridge University, Rob began
working on embedded Linux systems back in 1999. In January of 2007 Rob
founded Codethink Ltd, an Open Source consulting company that aims to
Provide Genius wherever it's needed. He continues to attract like-minded
individuals with a variety of specialist skills to the company with the
aim of driving forward Open Source technologies and providing expert
consultancy to businesses around the world."

Location
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The meeting will take place at the usual time, 7pm, at the Lass
O'Gowrie pub on Charles Street in Central Manchester. We will be
located in the Salmon Room upstairs, although there will be people
around a little earlier downstairs (probably sampling the food and
drinks on offer). Just ask at the bar if you can't find us. Their
website[2] has full details of how to get there and the fine selection
of food and drink available. The venue also provides WiFi.

More Information
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General information about Manchester Free Software meetings can be
found on our websites[3][4][5].

If you would like five minutes to tell us about something, please
contact us at <address@hidden>.

[1]:
http://live.gnome.org/Brussels2010/Devroom#Philip_Van_Hoof.2C_Rob_Taylor.2C_Roberto_Guido

[2]: http://www.thelass.co.uk/
[3]: http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Manchester/Meetings
[4]: http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Manchester/2010-03-16
[5]: http://manchester.fsuk.org/blog/meetings/