Your language or mine? (Part 2)
Much of the conversation I read online about Wikipedia seems to be focused on the radical, audacious idea that an encyclopedia written by amateurs could… Read More »Your language or mine? (Part 2)
Wikimania: Brewster Kahle’s Big Goal
Brewster Kahle starts his talk by declaring his goal: “Universal Access to All Knowledge”. He’s stolen a technique from Minsk – choose a big goal… Read More »Wikimania: Brewster Kahle’s Big Goal
Wikimania: Wikipedia and F/OSS – some challenging comparisons
I walked in late to Siobhan O’Mahony’s introduction the panel on “What can Wikipedia learn from F/OSS development?” She offers some useful similarities and some… Read More »Wikimania: Wikipedia and F/OSS – some challenging comparisons
Wikimania: Localization of a Global Project
I moderated the discussion that Lodewijk Gelauff led on “Localization on a Global Project”. Given my attempts to act as traffic cop, my notes aren’t… Read More »Wikimania: Localization of a Global Project
Lessig’s Keynote at Wikimania
Jonathan Zittrain gets the first group “woo!” of the conference, suggesting that this gathering is a Woodstock for the 21st century, speculating about babies being… Read More »Lessig’s Keynote at Wikimania
Wikimania: Omission and Accuracy?
Derek Lackaff and Alexander Halavis presented some interesting comparative research under the title “Sins of Omission?” Halavis explained that they’d planned to lead off with… Read More »Wikimania: Omission and Accuracy?