Dan O’Sullivan (UK): Wikipedia is conservatively radical

Dan O’Sullivan (UK), author of Wikipedia: A New Community of Practice? gave a lecture on ‘An Encyclopedia for the Times: Thoughts on Wikipedia from a Historical Perspective’ at the Critical Point of View Wikipedia Conference in Amsterdam. Encyclopedias are conservative in nature because they only look back and conserve signifying moments in time. They digest… Read more Dan O’Sullivan (UK): Wikipedia is conservatively radical

The networked book: GAM3R 7H30RY & Code Version 2.0

Writing a book online and facilitating a discussion around it seems to be very popular these days. McKenzie Wark is working on GAM3R 7H30RY which will be published by Harvard University Press in April 2007, and it will contain contributions from readers of his site. Readers are discussing and participating in the writing process and… Read more The networked book: GAM3R 7H30RY & Code Version 2.0