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Will 2010 be the Death of Free and Open?
Image via Wikipedia Arrington, I’m really sorry, this seriously sucks. Mike Arrington can’t get a break. His Last startup, before TechCrunch became his full-time gig, Edgio, DeadPooled 2 years ago and now the CrunchPad joins it’s much older sibling in that same grave almost exactly 2 years later. This is disconcerting to me for a [...]
Either Wikipedians are Wicked Fast or Google News is Getting Slower
News is supposed to be fresh and current. An encyclopedia is a reference for archived information not news. Right? Read\Write Web is reporting that Google News alerts are now turning up Wikipedia entries. Google News May Add Wikipedia as a Source When was the last time you used Google News? Either those Wikipedian’s are wicked [...]
The Tweet Stream [v2]
Recent studies and observations have showed that 90% of tweets are made by 10% of the people which is closer to the user behavior of Wikipedia than Facebook (see links at the bottom of the post). One of the primary uses of Twitter by working professionals (the major demographic on Twitter) is for link sharing. [...]
[NCB Best Of] Wikipedia is the best thing ever!
This week marks my 2 year blogiversary. To commemorate one of the things I thought I’d do is re-post some of my better older posts. Oddly enough this is my #1 blog via search engines. Apparently this is still a very popular quote by Michael Scott. I attribute it’s high search ranking to the fact [...]
I will consume and use you
Image by Martin LaBar via Flickr Some people have a hard time being called a consumer or a user. I don’t have that problem. I consume/I use As human being it is essential to our survival (and I would even say our mental well being) to consume. Food, resources, time, money, electricity, etc. I use [...]
Web 2.0 and New Media Definitions
There is a lot of confusion around the definitions of Web 2.0 vs New Media. You will hear a lot of people use them interchangeably. Even the above linked to Wikipedia definitions don’t offer much differentiation. So while theses may not be definitive this is the difference as I see them. Web 2.0 is the [...]
Wikipedia is the best thing ever!
“Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world, can write anything they want about any subject. So you know you are getting the best possible information.” – Michael Scott I am a huge fan of The Office. (Seasons 1-5 are the best, I think the show started heading downhill from there) The above [...]
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