Linked

Before going on holiday (which is defined as: no hacking, blogging or cycling) for a week I bought some books to read: Linked (by Albert-László Barabási), The Tipping Point (by Malcolm Gladwell) and Six Degrees (by Duncan J. Watts).

All books are related to (social) networks, and to get some hands-on experience on the subject matter, I mailed the following to a former colleague:

We are intending to organise a workshop on text analysis and ontology development based on our tools (tOKo, Triple20). Are you interested?

This short message resulted in a cascade of replies, my former colleague is a hub (I know that much about networks). The workshop is on, November 17th in Amsterdam. If you are interested in attending, drop me a line (anjo deedlydee science.uva.nl).

Comments

[Gregory Hoyl Jr.]

Anjo,

Can't wait to hear your opinions on Barabási's book!

I haven't had a chance to read "Six Degrees" yet, but will probably pick it up in the next few days. How does it compare to "Linked"?

Cheers!

[Anjo]

Hi Greg,

I decided to read the books in the order published and have finished The Tipping Point (excellent) and am halfway through Six Degrees. This slowness was largely due to the very nice weather :-).

Given that Six Degrees has a forward pointer to Barabási's work it could be I saved the best for last. :-).

Anjo.