For almost 10 years I am engaged in web development and still no project is like the other. Evey project has it’s own character and brings a lot of new people you have to deal with during development. And I think exactly that is what makes the business so interesting. Every new individual you get to know brings another challenge with it. Right from the initial meeting with new contact persons you have to find a common language and synchronize your thoughts so that everybody is following the same objectives. To support your client/contractor communication and your time of project preparation I have crafted a short checklist/questionnaire[1] which aims to make your life as a web consultant easier.
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The last two days I was one of a few people who had the great pleasure to enjoy the very informative conference about the Semantic Web (aka. Web 2.0/3.0, aka. the Giant Global Graph) in Vienna, Austria: the “Web of Data Practicioners Days”.

Many different point of views, development status of different semantic applications and best of all – available implementations around the topic Semantic Web were presented. The mix of information from introductory details for beginners like myself to insights for pros and senior programmers was perfect.
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