Category Archives: Research

[wikimania] Wealth of Networks

By alex | Published: 8/5/2006
CSPP Benkler has gotten a lot of attention lately for his Wealth of Networks, and Lessig yesterday heaped superlatives upon him. Today he talked a bit about the border areas between what he calls “commons-based peer production (CSPP)”. The talk focused on the drivers of such production, as well as how mixed models might work, […]
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[wikimania] Pre-conference blogging

By alex | Published: 8/5/2006
I’ve ensconsed myself in the Ames Court Room in preparation for Yochai Benkler’s talk at the Wikimania conference. I’m sitting in the back, just in front of the fireplace pictured here. The inscription reads “This is the polar opposite of the university you attended.” This room feels like it could be a set for the […]
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Google Scholar Juice

By alex | Published: 4/20/2006
There is a somewhat cryptic note about how Google Scholar is now ranking results over on the Official Google Blog. It says the search engine is now ranking results in a different way, noting that: It’s not just a plain sort by date, but rather we try to rank recent papers the way researchers do, […]
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November 17: Battle over Books

By alex | Published: 11/13/2005
I’m headed to the New York Public Library this Thursday for the Battle Over Books panel: “The Battle Over Books: Authors & Publishers Take on the Google Print Library Project” will feature a provocative discussion about the competing interests and issues raised by Google’s Print Library Project, hosted by LIVE from the NYPL and Wired […]
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