Wikipedia's Emergent People fail to impress readers

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Logitech's iPod Speakers Fail To Impress

Logitech's iPod Speakers Fail To Impress 03/30/2005 11:33 AM

The volume was too low, and the sound was tinny. By Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes

Cisco profits fail to impress investors

Cisco profits fail to impress investors 05/12/2004 04:11 AM
ZDNet UK May 12 2004 8:59AM GMT

Speeds, Feeds and Technology Prowess
Fail to Impress ERP Buyers

Speeds, Feeds and Technology Prowess
Fail to Impress ERP Buyers 01/26/2004 06:32 PM
ZDNet Jan 26 2004 11:07PM GMT

Why Most People Fail at Marketing
Anything on the Internet

Why Most People Fail at Marketing
Anything on the Internet 05/18/2004 05:58 PM
WebDevInfo May 18 2004 9:09PM GMT

wikipedia's fundraising campaign

wikipedia's fundraising campaign 09/20/2004 03:13 PM
they just passed the one million article milestone, now they need money

Yahoo to support Wikipedia's
encyclopedia

Yahoo to support Wikipedia's
encyclopedia 04/07/2005 04:59 PM
Yahoo's search engine division will supply hardware and other resources to the Wikimedia Foundation to support that nonprofit organization's free Wikipedia online encyclopedia.

Shirky: Wikipedia's "anti-elitism" is a
feature, not a bug

Shirky: Wikipedia's "anti-elitism" is a
feature, not a bug 01/04/2005 02:40 AM
Cory Doctorow: Kuro5hin published an article by a Wikipedia co-founder, in which he slams Wikipedia for its "anti-elitism" and calls on the organization to mend its ways in order to earn the confidence of academics, librarians and other learned types. I read it when it was first published and it seemed wrong to me, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

Now Clay Shirky -- himself an academic -- has written a wonderful and comprehensive rebuttal of the piece, explaining why complaints of "anti-elitism" are misplaced.

Of course librarians, teachers, and academics don't like the Wikipedia. It works without privelege, which is inimical to the way those professions operate.

This is not some easily fixed cosmetic flaw, it is the Wikipedia's driving force. You can see the reactionary core of the academy playing out in the horror around Google digitizing books held at Harvard and the Library of Congress -- the NY Times published a number of letters by people insisting that real scholarship would still only be possible when done in real libraries. The physical book, the hushed tones, the monastic dedication, and (unspoken) the barriers to use, these are all essential characteristics of the academy today.

It's not that it doesn't matter what academics think of the Wikipedia -- it would obviously be better to have as many smart people using it as possible. The problem is that the only thing that would make the academics happy would be to shoehorn it into the kind of filter, then publish model that is broken, and would make the Wikipedia broken as well.

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Brief Abstract of Wikipedia's
Mesothelioma Cancer page

Brief Abstract of Wikipedia's
Mesothelioma Cancer page 06/26/2005 02:07 AM
Mesothelioma is an uncommon form of cancer, usually associated with previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant (cancerous) cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).
Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products.
In the United States, the average mesothelioma-related settlement was $1 million; for cases that go to trial awards averaged $6 million, according to a study by the RAND Corporation. Only a small fraction of the thousands of asbestos-related lawsuits in the United States every year are related to mesothelioma. In 2004, a bill in the United States Senate aimed a asbestos litigation reform failed to reach a floor vote. In January of 2005, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter announced he would again try to pass an asbestos litigation reform bill.
A separate bill introduced on March 17, 2005, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 (FAIR act of 2005), seeks to ensure a set amount of compensation dependent on the symptoms of the victim. The range is from Medical Monitoring for victims with Asbestosis or Pleural Disease to $35,000 for victims with Mixed Disease With Impairment all the way to over $1,000,000 for Mesothelioma victims and nonsmoking Lung Cancer victims from: Wikipedia's Mesothelioma page
Open Directory Project's Mesothelioma Category

Emergent church

Emergent church 08/05/2004 02:32 PM
AKMA successfully complicates the notion of the "emergent Church." Snippet: Any singular model of liturgical normativity came into prominence by way of a long path of emergence — so picking on emergent church for its buffet liturgical practice occludes the cafeteria past that lies behind the watershed liturgical models. Fascinating. One of the things I like about Judaism (speaking as a non-observant Jew) is the way an original text grounds it, interpretation frees it to respond to modern and cultural differences, and a tradition of discourse guides how interpretation addresses the original text....

Emergent Architecture

Emergent Architecture 08/05/2002 10:43 PM

Emergent Democracy Forum

Emergent Democracy Forum 12/23/2003 04:38 PM
O'Reilly has just announced its Emergent Democracy Forum, sorta kinda part of the Emerging Technology conference. Looks like it could be good. (Disclosure: I'm on the organizing committee.)...

"Emergent Democracy Forum"

"Emergent Democracy Forum" 12/25/2003 09:09 AM

Emergent Democracy Forum day

Emergent Democracy Forum day 12/24/2003 06:32 AM
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Emergent bl0gging from Iran

Emergent bl0gging from Iran 02/11/2004 12:15 PM

Yesterday, Jeff Jarvis introduced us to the Iranian blogger, Pedram Moallemian. Pedram blogs at Iranian.net. He is one of the outspoken Iranians who blogs in English and help us understand what's going on on the incredible number of Persian blogs. He explain that the Persian blogs can be traced to the short explanation written by Hoder at Hoder.com explaining how to use Blogger in Persian. There are now over 100,000 Persian blogs. Most of the blogs are about politics and sex as well as other things like poetry. The suppression of free speech in Iran is one of the explanations for the number of Persian blogs, but the notion that one short page of Persian documentation for Blogger starting this incredible trend is also very important. Many countries and languages probably just need a small seed to create an emergent cascade of blogging adoption.

Jeff writes about an arrested Iranian blogger who was recently freed. Great post with links to other interesting posts about Iranian blogging.

Household Emergent Behavior?

Household Emergent Behavior? 02/05/2005 09:08 PM

Emergent Democracy Worldwide

Emergent Democracy Worldwide 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
Ethan prepared some notes for our session which starts in 2.5 hours.

The conversation so far:

Ethan's critique of "Second Superpower", "Emergent Democracy"

Joi's response, on finding the next Salam Pax

Examples of emergent democracy from Joi and Ethan's readers

Views from the rest of the world

Hossein Derakhshan, Iranian pied piper for blogs

IranFilter - translated overview of 100,000 persian language blogs

Living on the Planet - global blog content aggregator

Narconews - trilingual news on the drug war

BlogAfrica

BlogAfrica catalog and aggregator

Adam Chambas's Accra Crisis Blog

Rebecca MacKinnon's NKZone - alternative reporting from North Korea

Oh My News, South Korea's brilliant citizen journalism project

Ghana Web, news and opinion

Subang Jaya e-news from Malaysia

Blogalization, content in translation from blogs around the world

Efforts to build cross-cultural dialogue, give a voice to people in developing nations

Open Knowledge Network content from the developing world, for the developing world. And, in Kiswahili

Voices04 Voices for folks without a voice in the 2004 election

SARS Watch. Became a platform for Chinese voices on SARS to communicate, uncensored

Taking IT Global

Kabissa - online discussion for African NGOs

What could we do we do:

Online legislation in Estonia

SARI - leading application became lobbying regional government via wireless internet.

Cellphones, talk radio and election monitoring in Ghana

Smart mobs, SMS in Kenya

What does a cellphone-based anticorruption system look like?

How do we launch OhMyNews in every nation

EMC Fails to Impress

EMC Fails to Impress 04/15/2004 11:49 AM
TheStreet.com Apr 15 2004 3:50PM GMT

Your Ringtones Do Not Impress Me

Your Ringtones Do Not Impress Me 04/18/2005 02:26 PM
Dear coworkers, If you're going to leave your cell phone at your desk while you're not there, please disable that loud and annoying ringtone that you're so fond of. Consider using the "vibrate" feature or the silent profile. Or, better yet, take the phone with you. Your ringtones do not impress me. Thanks, Jeremy...

"Ito and Zuckerman - Emergent Democracy
Worldwide"

"Ito and Zuckerman - Emergent Democracy
Worldwide" 03/19/2005 02:42 AM

Emergent Democracy paper in German

Emergent Democracy paper in German 08/27/2004 01:34 PM

The folks at Ars Electronica have translated a shortened version of Jon Lebkowsky's edited version of my Emergent Democracy paper into German. It will appear in this year's book for Ars Electronica. Thanks for coordinating this Ingrid and thanks for the translation Susanne!

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Oracle fails to impress

Oracle fails to impress 03/22/2005 07:09 PM
CNN Money Mar 22 2005 11:13PM GMT

this will definately impress the
undecideds

this will definately impress the
undecideds 09/25/2004 02:11 AM
Mekong Delta - the video game starring John Kerry and the men of Swift Boat PCF-94

3 IPOs impress in N.Y. debuts

3 IPOs impress in N.Y. debuts 12/18/2003 03:21 AM
Boston Globe Dec 18 2003 2:44AM ET

Looking for examples for our Emergent
Democracy Worldwide discussion

Looking for examples for our Emergent
Democracy Worldwide discussion 02/10/2004 02:51 AM

Please help Ethan and I find some projects that might be examples we could use when talking about Emergent Democracy. Ethan describes more clearly what we are looking for.

iBook's Qualities Impress Quickly

iBook's Qualities Impress Quickly 02/10/2004 02:43 AM
I could easily see this computer accompanying someone to a college dorm, or part of a very stylish home office. It's a good portable, it's a good home computer. By Mark Kellner (Washington Times via MyAppleMenu)

"What did I do for my summer vacation?
Impress Google!"

"What did I do for my summer vacation?
Impress Google!" 06/05/2005 10:52 PM
It's probably been a while since any of us have gone to camp or been packed into the family station wagon for a trip to Disneyland, but Google hopes to make the lazy, hazy days go by a little quicker with its Summer of Code.

What did I do for my summer vacation?
Impress Google!

What did I do for my summer vacation?
Impress Google! 06/06/2005 12:03 AM
I think that mentor programs like Google’s is great for young people. Back when I was showing potential as a young man, I only wish there were opportunities like this for kids in my area…. Direct and Related Links for 'What did I do for my summer vacation? Impress Google!'

Impress Your Friends With A 3D Desktop
Pager

Impress Your Friends With A 3D Desktop
Pager 09/25/2004 11:51 PM
Slashdot Sep 26 2004 2:05AM GMT

FBI's terror trawl and Emergent computer
goofs

FBI's terror trawl and Emergent computer
goofs 06/04/2004 08:23 PM
Letters 30 degrees of Bacon sandwich

Webl0g: Has Emergent Emerged? -
Christianity Today Magazine

Webl0g: Has Emergent Emerged? -
Christianity Today Magazine 12/25/2003 04:22 AM
When newspapers pick up on a religion story, there's a good chance it's old hat to insiders .. Has Emergent Emerged? - Christianity Today Magazine .. Fun With Emergent

christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/151/21.0.html
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Emergent cheese-sandwich detector
enlisted in War on Terror

Emergent cheese-sandwich detector
enlisted in War on Terror 05/28/2004 03:20 PM
Technology on Trial How not to win

How to Impress When Writing Important
E-mails and Documents

How to Impress When Writing Important
E-mails and Documents 12/29/2004 03:28 AM
Group of 15 Linguistic PhD Scientists from Israel and South Africa Unveil content enrichment technology that was kept top secret for the last 3 years. [PRWEB Dec 29, 2004]

Don't jump off a bridge to impress women
(Reuters)

Don't jump off a bridge to impress women
(Reuters) 04/13/2005 02:24 PM
Reuters - Daredevil men who believe they can attract women with their reckless behaviour should think again.

John Mohammed failed to impress a
Virginia Beach jury with anything other
than that he is incredibly guilty

John Mohammed failed to impress a
Virginia Beach jury with anything other
than that he is incredibly guilty 11/18/2003 06:59 AM
Sniper's life to be in jury's hands .. Muhammad guilty of murder .. convicted .. verdict

cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/17/sprj.dcsp.muhammad.trial/index.htmltrack this site | 6 links

Pilot wants to know if people flying in
his plane are "Christians" - asks people
to raise their hands

Pilot wants to know if people flying in
his plane are "Christians" - asks people
to raise their hands 02/10/2004 09:18 AM
CNN.com - Passengers: Pilot promotes faith on flight .. Pilot's proselytizing scares passengers .. FLYING THE PLANES!!!!

cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/02/09/airline.christianity/index.html
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"people it's somehow understandable how
some people might be driven to kill
"activist" Judges who make unpopular
decisions"

"people it's somehow understandable how
some people might be driven to kill
"activist" Judges who make unpopular
decisions" 04/06/2005 03:07 AM

Correspondences - News By the People For
People: Who captured Saddam Hussein?

Correspondences - News By the People For
People: Who captured Saddam Hussein? 12/22/2003 07:54 AM
Well, the cat is out of the bag so to speak. Saddam Hussein was captured by Kurds, not US forces. 12/22 .. (even more) .. more

correspondences.org/archives/000507.html
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"Correspondences - News By the People
For People: Who captured Sad..."

"Correspondences - News By the People
For People: Who captured Sad..." 12/22/2003 04:17 PM

There are lots of bright people out
there but only so many Bryght people

There are lots of bright people out
there but only so many Bryght people 08/27/2004 01:47 PM

Congrats to Roland and Boris and.....

They've just launched Bryght - a Drupal hosting service. I hung out with these guys a bit when I was in Vancouver and they're certainly a compelling reason for moving there.

Vancouver is hot.

Here's Roland's post....

Our latest venture is Bryght, a hosted Drupal service, "the Salesforce.com of community content". I am working with Boris, Richard, Adrian and James on this one. Yes, we are all Bryght guys :-) !

We have taken Drupal and combined it with web hosting and email to give you a one stop shop for your community content. No IT required, no muss, no fuss! Check out The lights are on at Bryght for more background on how this started. And if you know of an individual, organization or company that could use a Bryght site, please contact us.

Whither StreamLine you might ask? StreamLine continues and it will continue to resell Blogware blogs because we still believe that Blogware is the best individual blogging platform.

[Roland Tanglao's blog]

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