Wikipedia at 25: What the web can be

When Wikipedia launched 25 years ago today , I heard about it almost immediately, because the Internet was small back then, and I thought “Well… good luck to...

The People's Web

Every day, millions of people rely on independent websites that are mostly created by regular people, weren't designed as mobile apps, connect deeply to...

Alan Leeds and Who Writes the Web

One of the most frequent questions I get when I talk to people who are unfamiliar with social media on the web is, “Who writes all these blogs or Wikipedia? Who...

Corey Spring and the Future of Journalism

Corey Spring has broken the details of a story that no one in traditional journalism had figured out yet. Wrestler Chris Benoit’s murder-suicide seemed to have...

Revisiting the Wikipedia Conversation

There’s been an interesting wave of news since my anti-Wikipedia roundup recently, most notably Jimmy Wales’ comments about the evolution of the community ....

Antipedia

Wikipedia ‘s an amazing achievement, the kind of thing a lot of us use as a case study of what can go right on the web. But it’s an effort that involves a large...

Anti-Wikipedia Links

The community of people who criticize Wikipedia form an interesting culture , as I noted earlier. If you want the links to do the research yourself, here’s some...

Gutenberg, not Google

Vauhini Vara’s got a great interview with Michael Hart on the Wall Street Journal website today. (Click quick, that link probably expires.) I’ve always felt...

The Other Wikipedia

Whenever I hear about what a great community-edited, user-contributed site Wikipedia is, I think about the unsung site that’s just as much of a success: Urban...

My Greatest Milestone

I’ve been very fortunate thus far in my career, getting to work on really interesting projects with very smart people, getting to meet some of my heroes, having...

Defining Web 2.0

Because I’ve been following Richard MacManus’ work on defining “Web 2.0” in Wikipedia, I really enjoyed Dan’s rant about the terrible definition that was...

Please Don't Hurt Hammer

I find it oddly comforting that MC Hammer’s wikipedia page is not only completely updated, but clearly written by a fan who’s only papered the thinnest veneer...