Tag Archives: Wikipedia
School’s out Friday
You have to watch this. This is a TED Talk from Jonathon Zittrain, a social theorist who proposes in his talk that the world is not becoming less friendly. In fact, we are seeing the opposite, and this is demonstrated through … Continue reading
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Death to Encarta – Wikipedia 2.7m vs Encarta 42,000
Image via Wikipedia Microsoft have announced the demise of Encarta which will be effective from 31st October 2009. The company has said this on a FAQ page they have set up explaining the decision; “Encarta has been a popular product around … Continue reading
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The Alexandrine Dilemma – Mark Pesce’s message for Librarians.
I’ve just finished reading Mark Pesce‘s latest post, The Alexandrine Dilemma, his keynote for the New Librarians Symposium that he delivered on Friday. As I was reading I was nodding my head in agreement. In it, he identifies the issues facing … Continue reading
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Wikipedia’s citation advice and help.
Wes Fryer sent out a link to his blog over the weekend highlighting ‘cite this page’ in the left sidebar of Wikipedia titled toolbox. He’s never seen it and I have to admit that I’d never taken note of it either. Maybe it’s … Continue reading
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WikiTaxi – offline access to Wikipedia
Now here’s something that could prove useful. WikiTaxi provides you with free offline access to Wikipedia. Here’s what it can do according to their front page; WikiTaxi enables you to read, search, and browse Wikipedia offline. No Internet connection is … Continue reading
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Debatepedia – a resource worth looking at.
Someone sent the link through for Debatepedia on Twitter last week. I can’t remember who it was and that’s a shame because I would like to give them credit for alerting me to this resource. Debatepedia is like Wikipedia - a … Continue reading
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Connections everywhere – even at camp!
Thanks to my intrepid OEG guide, here I am at camp being able to write a post. It’s been excrutiatingly hot, we’ve hiked to a camp away from the main site, cooked outdoors (remarkably good chicken pasta!), erected tents, hiked back to base … Continue reading
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