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So about 6 years ago, I registered this domain name, www.sparql.com. I had a really cool idea for the name. I was going to create an open-source reporting software, similar to Crystal Reports, but based on open standards, like XHTML and SVG to create powerful SQL graphing capabilities. It was a really cool name and a really cool concept. Really cool, right? Ok, maybe not REALLY cool, but a good idea, anyway.

But then, something REALLY cool DID happen. The World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3.org) decided to create a query language for RDF - the Resource Description Framework - essentially, the link that turns the web from presentation into information (data). And SPARQL is the language that will be used to query that data.

So now, I have a new idea for SPARQL.com. I’m going to build the world’s first SPARQL search engine (query engine), which will allow users to input freeform queries into an interface unlike anything the web has seen before. I have some really cool ideas for it, but I’m not totally up to date on the spec yet, and I have little time to research it as I’m developing my Google Android submission with all of my free time, so I guess we’ll have to wait until April 14 (Android deadline, and coincidentally my birthday) til I begin work on SPARQL.

Excitement!

Transio is my web development company, which I formed (or more accurately, reformed) in January 2007. The story behind Transio is that when I first left architecture and began developing websites, it was my DBA name. I bought www.transio.com in 1999 and did work under that name as a consultant, using the website as my brand (a la “GaboCorp” of the same era). Then I found employment with other companies and left Transio in stasis. In 2002, I incorporated with a business partner as Transio, Inc., offering advanced web solutions and software development. There was enough demand for our services to perpetuate the business, but the partnership didn’t work out, and in 2003, we dissolved the corporation.

In January 2007, I reformed the company as Transio, LLC, this time as a sole proprietorship. The first year of operations were incredibly good to me, and as of January 2008, I have a staff of 4 designers and programmers working with me, and lots of great things in the works. I’ll post updates to this blog as we have any… company news is available on the Transio website in the press section.

Ok, so this is my first post here, on the latest (and hopefully final) iteration of my site.  So this time it’s a blog.  Great, another blog to clutter the Internet.

This website will serve as a journal for my personal projects, business ventures, art/design experiments, and philosophical ramblings.

So without further ado, welcome!