A brief historical essay is now available at ACM Interactions (or on my site):

“Wikipedia was an accident.” I sometimes offer this (admittedly) exaggerated claim …

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The season finale of a television series can leave me in one of three states: (1) what a sad/pitiful ending to something that was …

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In 2002 I began thinking about how to best capture and share the many web-pages and small tasks of the day. I thought of it …

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In my previous entry I commented on one of the articles in the Episteme Wikipedia issue. I thought it would also share my comments on …

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I have to agree with Sage Ross on his response to Brad Wray’s The Epistemic Cultures of Science and Wikipedia: a Comparison. Wray is …

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In the conclusion of my dissertation I note how in 2004 a disaffected Wikipedian told me the project had gone downhill. Ironically, a few years …

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A discussion on wikiEN-l about yet another Wikipedia alternative prompted me to wonder about the status of the GNU Free Documentation (GFDL 1.3) to …

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Given my interest in Wikipedia, pseudo-science, and skepticism I’m fond of works which at least help us identify the implicit (social) concepts we invoke …

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I’m releasing the latest set of Freemind Bibliographic Extraction scripts. I’m calling it a “1.0” release because:

1. I decided to give it …

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Interdisciplines is running a forum on “Scientific Publications 3.0”, where Kathleen Fitzpatrick speaks to the implications of “Peer-to-Peer Review.” Beyond pointing out that I …

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