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Wikipedia, Wikimedia, and Smartphones
A smorgasbord of rants about various things wiki and phonelike.
Akahele creates Wikipedia Art!
Akahele doesn’t just talk about Wikipedia Art. Akahele creates Wikipedia Art. Wehage and Kohs create works for the Wikipedia Art Remixed project for the Venice Biennale.
Wasting time - Andrei Codrescu ponders
Andrei Codrescu asks, “Did the washing machine and the car really create such leisure time that we are giving it over to Google? Are the machines really working that well together?”
The inevitability of Web 2.0
The speed with which Web 2.0 came into full-blown existence is in large part the reason this latest consumer-focused media revolution has come into being free of the expected restraining forces – normally offered by order-injecting referee institutions. Hence, not only must Web 2.0 content be largely user-generated, so too the means of protecting truth and reputations.
The anonymous swarm
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger blogged about what’s wrong with Web 2.0. Paul Wehage discusses why he just might be right…
Survey says…
Internet data collection has become highly unreliable, as consumers disengage from the important questions that businesses wish to ask them. This practitioner is reaching the disheartening point where data based on a web survey merits very little trust any more.
Node what you don’t know
An exploration of the Internet’s nature as a vehicle for communication, as well as the role of intent in the authorship of content. Integrity requires making oneself the sole arbiter of success.
Making a moot point
In his book “The Wisdom of Crowds”, James Surowiecki approaches crowds with the assumption that each member, however diverse, has one thing in common: a desire to “get it right” with respect to finding solutions to whatever challenges they jointly face. But what happens when some members of the crowd want to get it wrong? Can the influence of a few outliers alter the apparent will of the masses?
The trade of free culture
When Paul Wehage initially posted on Akahele about Wikipedia and Art, it was something he thought would be only a minor curiosity which would perhaps interest a few performance artists and other specialists. However, Wikipedia Art proves to be much more explosive than one would have thought…
Guilt, Shame, and Remorse
Guest author, Dr. Barry Kort, explores some of the most ineffective means of imposed behavior modification, in contrast to the naturally occurring emotional state of Remorse.