the OECD is thinking of creating a wiki for the presentation and discussion of international, national and local initiatives aimed at developing indicators of societal progress.
BIG win for the dataweb
Tag: wiki
Conservapedia
wiki tech for the stupid
QEDWiki
a browser-based assembly canvas used to create simple mash-ups.
Wikievents
As its API and data feeds mature, it’s reasonable — nay, probable — that Wikevent feeds could power the events calendars for local weekly newspapers, radio stations, TV, and community Web sites.
Wikinomics Playbook
Today we launched a Socialtext wiki for the Wikinomics Playbook, where people can not only learn about the power of mass collaboration, but participate in it. The book is already one of the fastest selling business titles and is an excellent primer on how models of collaboration are unfolding from open source to blogging to wikis in the enterprise to enable people to participate in the economy like never before.”
wikinomics”, eh? then again making peer production generally understandable is huge. as is harnessing slacker energy.
Wikiworld
After governments are disassembled, only the cooperative way of life remains to help society flourish. But with the wrong person as head coordinator, this utopia is headed for a crash. From prolific, genre-breaking writer Paul Di Filippo’s Wikiworld, this short story is one of a set of mind-bending tales of humanity’s alternate pasts, all too recognizable present, and far-flung futures.
Nature Shuts Down Wikipedia-Like Peer Review
too bad for open access. i guess the scientific process is still too mired in the traditional ways. this will come back.
Nature is killing off the experiment after just a few months. It appears that most authors had absolutely 0 interest in pre-publishing their works for the rabble to critique — and, not surprisingly, of the ones that were published, there was very little activity in terms of peer review.
Encyclopedia Dramatica
so this is where all the LOLcopters and others hang out! via:lydian, remarkably.
Open Site Encyclopedia
far far smaller than wikipedia, but maybe useful anyway. file is a bit out of date
Intellipedia
The CIA and other US intelligence agencies have created a new computer system that uses software from a popular Internet encyclopedia site to gather input on sensitive topics from analysts across the spy community, part of an effort to fix problems that plagued prewar estimates on Iraq.
it only took them 5 years.. geez
Gregor J. Rothfuss 