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Free Software Foundation does the right thing for free culture

The Free Software Foundation's latest version of the GNU Free Documentation License GFDL surprised me a little -- but in a very good way. The FSF has ceded some control and allowed for GFDL content to be re-licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. This is a major win...

Tags: Free Software Foundation, Wikipedia, GNU Free Documentation License, BY-SA, Wiki, Online Communications, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-11-13

No judicial notice for Wikipedia

It seems that courts will not take judicial notice of Wikipedia entries. A Texas appellate court declined a defendant's request that the court take notice of Wiki's page on the Reid technique of interviewing and interrogation, the Internet Cases blog notes. Fed. R. Evid. 201 provides...

Tags: Notice, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Encyclopedia: Offline Wikipedia viewer for iPhone

If you're a fan of Wikipedia and own an iPhone or iPod touch check out Patrick Collison's Encyclopedia (US$7.99, iTunes Link). After launching the app you can download a complete copy of Wikipedia to your iPhone for offline viewing. It's great for people that fly a lot or otherwise would...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wi-Fi Connection, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-12

If you don't think Wikipedia is a worthy resource, make it better

A number of the teachers in my district are already using wikis and blogs to post assignments and class information. However, as we all began using a wiki to collaborate on some sweeping curriculum changes, a significant number made a link between our wiki and Wikipedia. OK, so...

Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-11

You Discover A World Beyond Wikipedia

The Discovery "Cannon Challenge" for the iPhone Your retirement portfolio just sank another $50,000, in one hour.  Time to take out your non-line-of-sight artillery and blast a target off a mountain top and figure out how credit default swaps work, which were supposed to guard...

Tags: Discovery Communications Inc., Video, Wikipedia, Corporate Communications, Wiki, Marketing, Online Communications, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-10-16

More on wikipedia abuse

More on wikipedia abuseThanks!That's an interesting report - if the research stands up, the method used could form the basis for a more general approach. Thanks for pointing it out.RE: More on wikipedia abuseReaders might be interested in seeing a study on vandalism of US senator's WP articles here :...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

More on wikipedia abuse

The evidence on wikipedia abuse is piling up - and we're not even starting to really discuss some of the risks other social networking sites are exposing us to. It's not exactly armageddon time yet, but it's certainly time to wake up and smell trouble, big trouble, coming. by Paul...

Tags: Wikipedia, Byrne, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO

When politically motivated conservative bloggers back tracked some Palin smear videos circulating via internet sites like youtube, they found key executives at a major international public relations business with their hands deep in the cookie jar - and I couldn't help but see what they had done as a logical...

Tags: SCO Group Inc., Wikipedia, Wiki, Linux, Open Source, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Powerset studies student use of Wikipedia... and faculty resistance

Earlier this month, Microsoft-owned Semantic Web startup Powerset released figures from a small survey of student use of Wikipedia. As I explore here, the results certainly do suggest that Wikipedia is popular with the cohort surveyed in this study. The trick for Powerset, presumably, is to convert...

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on wiki success and failure [podcast]

Jimmy Wales, best known as founder of Wikipedia, met with a small group of bloggers and industry analysts in Las Vegas. He spoke at length about the conditions that drive success or failure in wiki deployments. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Podcast, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Bojam is an open source Wikipedia for music creation

Full writeup is in my live blog from Day 3 at TechCrunch50. by Andrew Mager

Tags: Wikipedia, Bojam, Wiki, Blogging, Open Source, Online Communications, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope

Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as PopeThat's what I thoughtThe ad was about nothing except of course Bill. It is unclear why this ad was made.Who in the world is this "journalist"?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Ratcliffe"I see you baby ...... shakin that ass -shakin that ass."http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/digital/article/548871/publicis-dialog-puns-ass-shaking-new-renault-viral/RE: Microsoft builds $300M...

Tags: Wiki, Blogging, ass, Jerry Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Bill Gates, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Wikipedia mystery: Who was improving Palin's entry?

Wikipedia mystery: Who was improving Palin's entry?Unbias journalism.. would require that a more in depth explanation of the brother-in-law controversy be explained. Said individual was a state trooper who had been arrested for spousal abuse, a fire-able action in many jurisdictions. At any rate the person actually fired was guy...

Tags: Wiki, Palin, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-08-30

Wikipedia mystery: Who was improving Palin's entry?

Check out the change log on Sarah Palin's Wikipedia page.(The photo on the left is her in 1984, placing No. 2 in the Miss Alaska competition. On the right, as governor.) NPR reported yesterday that an unidentified Wiki user made at least 30 changes to Palin's...

Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-30

WikiTaxi (zip)

WikiTaxi enables you to read, search, and browse Wikipedia offline. No Internet connection is needed, all pages are stored in a WikiTaxi database. Because Wikipedia is constantly growing, WikiTaxi uses compression to make sure that the database stays reasonably small. The huge English Wikipedia easily fits on a 8 GB...

Tags: Database, Wikipedia, Ralf Junker, WikiTaxi, Wiki, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-08-13

(Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia)

(Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia)The good, the bad, the uglyWhile I can appreciate the angle Google is taking with their Knol endeavor, I have already seen a few examples of where this new approach will have some weaknesses. I recently encountered a few articles by the same person...

Tags: Wiki, Google Knol, Wikipedia, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Wikipedia is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Wikipedia is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe proper context for Wikipedia:[b][i]"Here's what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol. It says that alcohol is a colourless volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms. The Hitch Hiker's...

Tags: Wiki, Lord, Hitch Hiker, Wikipedia, Independents Day, Galaxy

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Wikipedia is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

This is just a quick followup to my post on Google Knol, a slick new service from Google that lacks the breadth of Wikipedia, but seems intent on compensating in verifiable depth. Comments were mixed, ranging from agreement with my position that, pedagogically at least, Knol is already on...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Google Knol - Yup, it's a Wikipedia killer

Google Knol, Mountain View's answer to Wikipedia, launched last week and, while it can't yet match the volume of articles on Wikipedia, its focus on accountability and ownership makes it a better choice for students and teachers. Consider the article on asthma by John Fahy. According...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia

Google has unveiled its own "unit of knowledge" with a competitor to Wikipedia called Knol. Google's online encyclopedia promises to lend some credence by identifying the authors. by Andy Smith

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Online Communications, Andy Smith, Google, Knol, wiki, encyclopedia

Image galleries 2008-07-25