Tag Archives: Wikipedia
Digital Universe and long odds
MSNBS is running a story on the Digital Universe. In the middle of last year, I posted about these issues, remaining quiet on the whole Digital Universe thing, since Larry Sanger requested that those he contacted stayed quiet. But now it seems the cat is out of the bag, and so I can say: I’m […]
Peer reviewing the encyclopedias
I had the idea that it would be worthwhile to assemble a panel to peer review sections of Wikipedia, within particular academic disciplines, and “freeze” a chunk of the site and certify it through peer review. That would have a duel purpose. First, it would provide an opportunity to measure the wiki, and second, it […]
Amazon Mechanical Turk
A few times this week, I have chatted with folks about the use of humans by computers. To what degree does the introduction of a new user interface or, for that matter, any technology change the nature of individual thought or social interaction? There are plenty of specific and general examples of this that are […]
I’m on a Washington radio…