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- Wikia likely won't take on Google any time soon
- Wikia likely won't take on Google any time soonsocial thingYour profile is more rendundant around the differents social networks or attached to your web starting point?Here the social thins allows you to add, change or modify search results too, your web experience.. this sound powerful at my first view.Thoughts..RE: Wikia...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- Should we take Wikia more seriously?
- One of the big stories of the weekend was Wikia's purchase of the Grub spider from LookSmart and its release under an open source license.Media around the world went into hype -rdrive, repeating Jimmy Wales' comments at OSCON that Wikia would now take on Google and Yahoo.You see, Google and...
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?
- Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?Quick sandPersonally I find a lot of value in Wikipedia as a quick and handy online resource. Because of its rather novel makeup, I am willing to cut the Wiki crowd a little extra slack to boot. But I have to agree, every...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-05
- Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?
- Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikia, has issued a free pass to a Wikipedia editor who lied about his background. In an incredible contradiction, Wales said of Wikipedia editor and Wikia employee Ryan Jordan (nee "Essjay"): "“I accepted his apology, because he is now, and has always been, an...
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- Wikipedia's Wales wants to take on Google
- Wikipedia's Wales wants to take on GoogleBe Careful of what you say on WikipediaThese people have no integrity or honor and if you release any research or talk about technology you developed they will publish it without giving you credit for your research.If you try to get the information corrected...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-26
- Wales speaks out: Wikiasari 'people-powered' search engine
- Wales speaks out: Wikiasari 'people-powered' search engineJimbo's confusedSounds like Jimbo is having trouble keeping track of all of his deals, money, partners, enemies, for-profit, and non-profit ventures. That would explain why when he e-mails you about official business of the Wikimedia Foundation, it comes from a Wikia.com e-mail address....
- Discussion threads 2006-12-25
- Wales speaks out: Wikiasari 'people-powered' search engine
- JIMBO WALES: "Search Wikia, a project to create the search engine that changes everything":Reporters and bloggers note: Amazon has nothing to do with this project. They are a valued investor in Wikia, but people are really speculating beyond the facts. This has nothing to do with A9, Amazon, etc. Help...
- Blog posts 2006-12-24
- Google search challenge from Wikipedia founder in 2007?
- Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, is set to enter the search engine fray in collaboration with Amazon, perhaps as early as Q1 2007, according to Times Online reports:"The project has been dubbed Wikiasari , a combination of wiki, the Hawaiian word for quick, and asari, which is Japanese for “rummaging search”…...
- Blog posts 2006-12-23
- Is Wikipedia 'knowledge' merely third party hearsay?
- Is Wikipedia 'knowledge' merely third party hearsay?Wikipedia isn't true? WAAAAA!Wikipedia isn't [i]intended[/i] to be an infallible fount of truth. It is simply meant to be an information sharing resource with the ability to be updated and edited much more quickly than traditional printed material.As the article even states,...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- Wikipedia's Wales on education: Openness leads to critical thinking
- Keynoting at a Washington symposium on open technologies for K-12 education, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales cautioned against the "fallacy of truth" and said that collaborative knowledge products like the Wikipedia are more robust than the "hire an expert" model. According to an eSchoolNews report: Calling attention to "the fallibility...
- Blog posts 2006-03-21
- Wikipedia responds
- Wikipedia's rapid response to its problems begs a serious question.Do open source projects naturally respond faster to pressure than proprietary software companies?For those who didn't follow the link, Wikipedia responded both to problems we mentioned, and others, with a new set of procedures. Unregistered users can no longer create new...
- Blog posts 2005-12-05
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- Gmail takes on Australian Ed
- PCWorld is reporting that Google, along with a local integrator, will be rolling out it's Gmail application (and, presumably, Google Apps) for all of the student email accounts in the public schools and colleges of New South Wales. This translates to roughly a million students, but a...
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Time to blow up the software industry
- Vinnie Mirchandani's post, Call to Steve Jobs: Please reshape the enterprise software market was bound to get a reaction out of my Irregular chums. 70 reactions to be precise as at the time of writing this post. That's the number of posts to our Google Group on the topic with...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- So just what is this RTI thing anyway?
- So just what is this RTI thing anyway?RTIGood morning Christopher, I trust you are keeping wellI am an assessor for UWIC in South Wales UK.I assess students with all types of disabilities, as part of their Disabled Student Allowance process.This RTI has great potential.The earlier DS are spotted the better.This...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Wikia gives the little guy image control
- Wikia gives the little guy image controlWatch out for your enemiesWikia Search may be a nifty little toy, but we should all be mindful that while it's nice to be able to link to pages that you want to represent yourself, your enemies will be working two times as hard...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- Wikia gives the little guy image control
- The new features added to Wikia Search give everyone the power that until now only big companies have had, the ability to control what people learn first about you. It's very likely you have even more power than Microsoft in this regard, because everyone can theoretically edit every...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic
- The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of...
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- HRH Prince Penguin
- HRH Prince PenguinHis eyes are set too close togetherIs this the real Prince?A Different Kind of AuthorityPeople may ask why the opinion of the Prince of Wales is worth more than an ordinary mortal's.Or why his son the second-in-line to the throne is entitled to commandeer elements of the nation's...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Environment Agency Becomes More Efficient by Integrating Financial and HR Systems
- The Environment Agency's role is to protect the environment in England and Wales and ensure that air, land, and water resources are used in a sustainable manner for the benefit of future generations. The Environment Agency relied on disconnected inherited systems and multiple regional data centers to manage its back...
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Environment Agency Creates Business-Focused Culture Through Integrated Back Office
- The Environment Agency is the leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It wanted to improve efficiency and educe costs. The challenge was to meet government performance targets. The Environment Agency commissioned Oracle Consulting to build "One Business One System " (1B1S), an enterprise-wide...
- Case studies 2008-05-01
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