Larry Sanger, a co-founder of Wikipedia, plans to launch a project called Digital Universe that will take advantage of public input for its content but rely on acknowledged experts to edit the submissions.
Material will be free, with subscription fees for access to copyrighted materials. Sanger has raised $10 million in start-up funding.
This strikes me as a silly idea and a move in the wrong direction. Wikipedia was found to be mostly accurate compared to its closed brethren. Wikipedia in my view is fine as it is. It has its issues and as time goes it will evolve and get better.
FDA is a governing body...and while they have issues, it is always a BAD thing when things like this happen. I find when looking at say Certified Organic, by different bodies, it does not instill confidence in the product if there are multiple certification houses.
It takes time to research what the policies of each committee is and then decide if they are pro consumer or just waiting for corporate welfare.
"In our flash business, we had an awful quarter.... It makes me puke to lose US$39 million." -- Hector Ruiz, chairman, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., clearly not a happy man. is my fav.
It doesn't matter because Web 2.0 is an evolutionary step. The focus of the past 10 years of the web has been to make it easy to post content and make it look pretty. The next web revolution is the intentional web.
The Intentional web is about creating web services that go beyond search engines, and pushed semi-dynamic content.
Slashdot Mirror
Decent set of web 2.0 sites. But a little early don't you think?
Otavo (shameless plug) is set to launch this year, as are many others listed here
Larry Sanger, a co-founder of Wikipedia, plans to launch a project called Digital Universe that will take advantage of public input for its content but rely on acknowledged experts to edit the submissions. Material will be free, with subscription fees for access to copyrighted materials. Sanger has raised $10 million in start-up funding. This strikes me as a silly idea and a move in the wrong direction. Wikipedia was found to be mostly accurate compared to its closed brethren. Wikipedia in my view is fine as it is. It has its issues and as time goes it will evolve and get better.
FDA is a governing body...and while they have issues, it is always a BAD thing when things like this happen. I find when looking at say Certified Organic, by different bodies, it does not instill confidence in the product if there are multiple certification houses.
It takes time to research what the policies of each committee is and then decide if they are pro consumer or just waiting for corporate welfare.
Steve Jobs is known to have a temper I was starting to wonder if Google introduced a gPod or something. :)
"In our flash business, we had an awful quarter. ... It makes me puke to lose US$39 million." -- Hector Ruiz, chairman, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., clearly not a happy man. is my fav.
It is rare to get such honesty these days.
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Intentional Web Initiative
It doesn't matter because Web 2.0 is an evolutionary step. The focus of the past 10 years of the web has been to make it easy to post content and make it look pretty. The next web revolution is the intentional web.
The Intentional web is about creating web services that go beyond search engines, and pushed semi-dynamic content.