Wikipedia As Correct As Brittanica? at The Social Networking Weblog

Ok, here's the link. Now shut up about Wikipedia's supposed downfall. Unless you want to keep talking... I'm ok with that too ;) photo: D. I. FRANKE/WIKIMEDIA FDN - Photo taken from the article. [...] Read More


Happy Wikipedia Day (yesterday)! at The Social Networking Weblog

Wikipedia tuned 5 years old yesterday! Has it been that long already? Wow, time flies... In the spirit of Wikipedia, I've taken time to make this a wiki entry. Yes, it was a challenge, but one that was particularly amusing for me. Note that while they touched on this year's controversy, they didn't touch the editing stories. Shame, shame, everyone knows your name... You should take some time to edit an entry today, [...] Read More


Wikifounder Caught Curry-ing Favor at The Social Networking Weblog

Cyber-sleuths (see men and women bored out of their mind with nothing better to do than check DNS entries to and look up the whois info) have discovered teh founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales has been making his wiki-page just a little more complimentary than it was before his handiwork. Jimmy, you got some 'splainin to do. My favorite quote was found at Wired's "Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio": In fact, Wikipedia's own [...] Read More


YAHOO Answer's meets Wikipedia : Answerlytics at Web 2.0

Answerlytics is the latest development in the social web. Where Yahoo answers and similar others have been revolutionary in their own field, I think the time has come for more advanced tools. Answerlytics has a nice approach to this : You ask your question, and others can moderate the answer(s). Why is this interesting ? Simple. In the eighties, we had forums. They were great for exchanging information. Today, forums [...] Read More


Benefit From Your Own Sharing at The Smart PDA

Wikis are great, because through an active community, it creates a lot of information on a topic, practically enough to fill encyclopedias. Users can freely create or edit information on each aspect of the subject, adding to a common body of knowledge. star trek fans love looking through and adding to Memory Alpha because it helps them sort through the franchise's complicated background. I think the same will be true for [...] Read More