Category: wiki

Wikipedia referees Scientology debate

Posted by: Douglas MacMillan on May 29

On its surface, Wikipedia would seem to be the Wild West of the Web, a site where everyone is invited to write and edit articles about almost any topic. But…

Jumping onto Steve Hamm’s book wiki

Posted by: Stephen Baker on July 08

I just signed up for Steve Hamm’s wiki. He includes two chapters from his upcoming book about mobile computing, The Race for Perfect, and invites us to collaborate. The question,…

New whistleblower site. How good’s the encryption?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on March 14

New whistleblower site in Switzerland. But can its encryption protect contributors?

Mixed signals on the road: open source gps

Posted by: Stephen Baker on June 20

David Pogue raves about Tom-Tom’s move that gives customers license to edit GPS maps, even as they’re driving. I enjoyed this comment from a reader in Mexico: Imagine manipulation:…

We the People and Wikipedia

Posted by: Stephen Baker on March 30

My wife, going through her wallet for lunch money, is looking at a 10-spot (without her glasses). “Look at that!” she says, pointing to some red lettering on the bill….

Google Acquires JotSpot

Posted by: Heather Green on October 31

Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer just can’t seem to stay away from search engines. The co-founders of Excite started thinking about Jotspot, the business Wiki startup, three years ago. Basically,…

The buzz at Monaco: Netvibes

Posted by: Stephen Baker on October 20

The media conference in Monaco is just starting, but the biggest buzz so far surrounds Netvibes, the Paris-based company that is putting together do-it-yourself pages with unimaginable combinations of bells,…

Blogging Backlash

Posted by: Heather Green on January 17

What’s a parent to do about social networking sites…..

Spiffing up Wikis

Posted by: Heather Green on September 28

TechCrunch writes about JotSpot Live— the improvements JotSpot made to its Wiki technology to make Wikis even easier to use. JotSpot Live allows more than one person to work on…