MMany An interview with Ada LovelacebySuw CharmanMarch 24, 20092.3K views This morning, I went to the Science Museum to talk to Ada Lovelace herself about Charles Babbage, his…
MMany Wikipedia, academia and SeigenthalerbyDanah BoydDecember 17, 20058.0K views For the last couple of weeks, i’ve been watching the Wikipedia bru-ha-ha. As folks probably know, i got…
MMany Ward Cunningham on the Crucible of CreativitybyRoss MayfieldOctober 17, 20053.1K views UPDATE: Ward left Microsoft Impressionistic transcript from Ward Cunningham’s opening keynote at wikisym… I don’t need to explain wiki to this…
MMany The Power of ConversationbyPaul B HartzogSeptember 11, 20052.7K views “I don’t read anymore; I just talk to people who have.” — Dr. Tom Malloy, University of Utah…
MMany the biases of linksbyDanah BoydAugust 8, 20053.3K views I have a hard time respecting anyone who believes that science or technology is neutral. Unfortunately, even when…
MMany Jimbo’s Problems: A Free Culture ManifestobyRoss MayfieldAugust 5, 20053.3K views I’m in Frankfurt this week for the first Wikipedia conference. Jimmy Wales has been warming up for his Wikimania…
MMany wikiHow to Open ContentbyRoss MayfieldJuly 4, 20053.4K views wikiHow is one of the more interesting cases of opening a proprietary content and community site. A couple…
MMany Yahoo Social Search, Act IIbyRoss MayfieldJune 28, 20053.3K views If you have been reading this blog, you have known that social search is coming. At Supernova 2005, Jeff Weiner,…
MMany Wikitorial ForkbyRoss MayfieldJune 18, 20053.3K views I was quite skeptical that the LA Times Wikitorial experiment could foster anything but an edit war. Especially when the first…
MMany Wikipedia, Authority, and AstroturfbyClay ShirkyJune 9, 20052.6K views Slashdot, one of my few ‘must scan three times a day’ sites, has notoriously poorly coordinated and unskeptical…
MMany Fear, Greed and Social SoftwarebyRoss MayfieldMay 25, 20053.2K views Enterprises are adopting social software out of both fear and greed. Fear is the primary driver for corporate…
MMany Google Acquires DodgeballbyClay ShirkyMay 11, 20052.8K views Google, the publicly held Mountain View, CA firm best known for its search engine, has acquired dodgeball, a social…
MMany The Significance of “Social Software”byDanah BoydMay 8, 20053.5K views I’ve been meaning to write a paper on “The Significance of ‘Social Software’” for some time, but… In…
MMany Creative Commons crossing the line?byKevin MarksMay 1, 20052.3K views Creative Commons’ decision to work with BzzAgents has upset big CC supporters, such as Suw: for Creative Commons to start…
MMany initial impression of Yahoo 360byDanah BoydMarch 24, 20053.7K views Today, Yahoo invited a handful of “influencers” to have early access to their new product 360 degrees. Apparently,…