John Breslin
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John Breslin is an Irish engineer and lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway
. His research publications have focused on the Social Semantic Web
, and he co-authored a book on this topic in 2009.
In 2011, Breslin was announced as a co-founder of StreamGlider, a visual real-time dashboard for tracking interests across various types of devices, along with Nova Spivack
and Bill McDaniel.
In 2010, Breslin set up the New Tech Post, an online technology publisher. A San Jose office for the New Tech Post was announced by Breslin in March 2011.
In 2004, while working as a researcher at DERI
, Breslin founded the Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities project, a Semantic Web
framework for data portability
used in web applications such as Yahoo! SearchMonkey
, Drupal
7 and the Newsweek
website.
In 1998, Breslin set up an Internet forum
to discuss video games which evolved into boards.ie
, one of Ireland's largest indigenous websites. He serves as a non-executive director with boards.ie Ltd., and was awarded Net Visionary awards by the Irish Internet Association in 2005 and 2006.
National University of Ireland, Galway
The National University of Ireland, Galway is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland...
. His research publications have focused on the Social Semantic Web
Social Semantic Web
The concept of the Social Semantic Web subsumes developments in which social interactions on the Web lead to the creation of explicit and semantically rich knowledge representations. The Social Semantic Web can be seen as a Web of collective knowledge systems, which are able to provide useful...
, and he co-authored a book on this topic in 2009.
In 2011, Breslin was announced as a co-founder of StreamGlider, a visual real-time dashboard for tracking interests across various types of devices, along with Nova Spivack
Nova Spivack
Nova Spivack is a technology entrepreneur named as one of the top thought-leaders on the future of the Web.Spivack is presently CEO of Bottlenose, a new realtime personalization startup...
and Bill McDaniel.
In 2010, Breslin set up the New Tech Post, an online technology publisher. A San Jose office for the New Tech Post was announced by Breslin in March 2011.
In 2004, while working as a researcher at DERI
Deri
Deri may refer to:* Aryeh Deri , leader of Israel's Shas Party* Miksa Déri , a Hungarian electrical engineer* , an Ergoth Emperor...
, Breslin founded the Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities project, a Semantic Web
Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is a collaborative movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium that promotes common formats for data on the World Wide Web. By encouraging the inclusion of semantic content in web pages, the Semantic Web aims at converting the current web of unstructured documents into a "web of...
framework for data portability
DataPortability
Data portability is the ability for people to reuse their data across interoperable applications - the ability for people to be able to control their identity, media and other forms of personal data...
used in web applications such as Yahoo! SearchMonkey
Yahoo! SearchMonkey
Yahoo! SearchMonkey was a Yahoo! service which allowed developers and site owners to use structured data to make Yahoo! Search results more useful and visually appealing, and drive more relevant traffic to their sites. The service was shut down in October 2010 along with other Yahoo! services as...
, Drupal
Drupal
Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and...
7 and the Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
website.
In 1998, Breslin set up an Internet forum
Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...
to discuss video games which evolved into boards.ie
Boards.ie
boards.ie is an Internet forum based in Ireland. It is considered one of the largest indigenous Irish websites online. As of July 2010, the site has 365,000 registered accounts, more than 1,300,000 threads and more than 20 million posts...
, one of Ireland's largest indigenous websites. He serves as a non-executive director with boards.ie Ltd., and was awarded Net Visionary awards by the Irish Internet Association in 2005 and 2006.