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?
My wife asked whether I thought anyone would mention Steven Colbert’s recent segment on Wikipedia at the Wikimania conference. “They won’t shut up about it,”… Read More »Jimmy Wales keynote at Wikimania
Paul Salopek has a truly remarkable set of articles in the Chicago Tribune: A Tank of Gas, A World of Trouble. A two-time Pulitzer winner… Read More »The real costs of a tank of gas
It sounds like the elections in Congo went as well as anyone could possibly expect them to. Arson closed polls in some areas of Mbuji-Mayi… Read More »Elections in the DRC, and the image of the UN
Cool events are afoot! My colleagues at Berkman are preparing for Wikimania, the annual homecoming of the Wikipedia/Wikimedia movement to discuss the future of all… Read More »Cool events are afoot!
Global Voices is a finalist for a very cool journalism award – the 2006 Knight-Batten Awards for innovation in journalism. We’re in very good company,… Read More »Awards are cool. Awards with cash: even cooler.