Awesome write-up on the history of the Wikipedia logo by the author of the very very first version.
Boo! These Wikipedia "welcomes" are really out of control.
More on the cool project I bookmarked a few days ago.
"What we are attempting in our Global Education Program instead, is to institutionalize the use of Wikipedia in the classroom. Our goal is to explain to as many teachers as possible what the benefits of using Wikipedia of a teaching tool are. Students are much more motivated when they write for a global audience, instead of just writing for their professor."
Awesome. Not open access but, at least in the medium term, a positive way to address issues of access to the academic resources necessary to write a great encyclopedia.
Interesting model. I think I like how they're doing this. That said, I'm still not quite sure what they are doing.
A printed copy of the book is also available! Awesome!
Japanese official who held many thousands of jews escape Nazi persecution.
Interesting guy with cool ideas about autonomy.
Comparisons of disruptive and revolutionary innovations
World largest lake contains 20% of world's fresh water.
