The Singularity is near, but does it matter?Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 with 3 Comments »

Paul Wehage looks at Kurzweil’s idea of the Singularity in the context of two articles discussing current trends in crowdsourcing and wonders whether the Singularity will really change human nature that much…

Where in the world was Mike Ilitch?Monday, July 20th, 2009 with 3 Comments »

Mike Ilitch is the founder of the Little Caesars pizza chain, as well as owner of both the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Red Wings. Despite perhaps 7,000 page views of his biography per month, Wikipedia has tried and tried, but still botches where Mike Ilitch was born.

How to read WikipediaMonday, July 13th, 2009 with 4 Comments »

A list of simple tips for getting the most from your Wikipedia reading

Spying 2.0Monday, July 6th, 2009 with No Comments »

Judd Bagley reviews the efforts of the North Korea Uncovered (NKU) project to document a totalitarian regime from eyewitnesses on the ground and in Earth orbit.