Ivo
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Ivo
@velitchkov.eu
Independent consultant, author, trainer.
Interested in social systems and knowledge graphs.

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website: https://velitchkov.eu
SPARQL queries talk a pattern language.

The patterns are at three zoom levels:
- Function
- Structure
- Ontology

SPARQL querying can be experienced as assembling LEGO blocks. And it is equally fun.

I'll talk about that today at the TED Together event, organised by the EU Publications Office
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
But things have evolved a bit recently
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It was inspired by something I found in a 6th-century book, and this sketch I made in my notebook
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Working on the 10th post in the Autonomy and Cohesion series.
It will be about norms, one of the cohesion mechanisms listed in Cohesion Forces and Tools.
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
At Donmar Theatre, London, waiting to watch "Maids".

This didn't go through since there was no connection, so I'm posting it after, and I can recommend this production highly enough.
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I finally had the chance to visit the renovated Battersea Power Station in London. Well done.

(I guess that Pink Floyd album cover made so famous.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batters...
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I have reviewed many #SHACL shape graphs over the last few years. There are some error patterns as well as exotic errors. And recently, I've noticed some very different patterns of LLM-generated errors. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Circular economy, redefined.
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Systemic.
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"To me, ping pong just looks like two perverts spanking a ghost."
—Aisling Bea

#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reminds me of
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Interesting. Action/perception is a false split, cognitive science shows, but from the perspective of agency, it still holds.
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Back from tennis where I had to sweep the court with this cute contraption. It needs a good name and I'm not happy with my first ideas which are Broomzilla and The Sweeping Committee.
So I need your help.
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The S-D balance...
essentialbalances.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
One more source of technical debt besides apps-data tight coupling.
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The vomit bag in the "literature only" slot is, I guess, in case you strongly dislike the literature.
September 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The restrooms are traditionally indicated but it was nice to see this put in front of both of them.
September 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
After 4 hours in MUNCH musium in Oslo yesterday, I didn't take a single photo (not that they're were no nice things) but today in the National museum, I found one that he created in his 20s, which I liked a lot.
September 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Nice.
Next step: bigger horns.
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
My explanation is "so you don't put the key in your pocket and forget to return it".

What is yours?
September 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Haven't been to Budapest in a while. It has changed a lot.
Darker, noisier; I heard a lot of Russian spoken in the streets (often loud), and I saw a lot of this
September 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
For all focaccia lovers
September 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM