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Profile of Wikipedia Founder
Florida Trend carries a lengthy profile of Jimmy Wales, the man behind perhaps the most successful consumer generated media site, Wikipedia. he website is among the 100 mostvisited on the internet, according to the web-traffic analysis firm Alexa. The firm reports that Wikipedia is the 58th-mostvisited site globally, compared to a 69th-place ranking for About.com,…
What to do about RSS
Robert Scoble takes a crack at the question of how to make RSS simple for users. I agree that we should make things simple for readers whenever possible. I have even argued in this space in the past to come up with another, more user-friendly name for RSS. But then I got to thinking. Are…
Wisdom of the Crowds Worked with NCAA Bracket Picking
It turns out that relying on the masses to help you pick your NCAA bracket can work. As I explained before, I made my picks for March Madness this year based on what the majority of CBS Sportsline users had done. Since I generally stink at this stuff, I figured I had nothing to lose….
Alacra Opens E-Commerce Site for Business Professionals
InfoToday reports: Alacra, known for providing a wide range of business databases to enterprise customers, has decided to open up its content to on-demand purchasing by individual business professionals and consumers. The company has just launched the beta of its new Alacra Store, an e-commerce Web site that taps into 30 of Alacra’s premium content…
Innovative User Verification from Google
Google’s IM client (Google Talk) has gotten all the attention today, but it strikes me that the bigger announcement is the way they will start verifying Gmail accounts – through SMS messages to users’ cell phones. The rationale is that you can fake other ways of verifying a real person is creating an account, but…
Consumer Generated Content/Media Happenings
Lately I’ve been fascinated by the consumer generated content/media space. And I’ve had a number of ideas of my own (which I may share later), but here are some interesting things going on this area now: iPodders vs. Non-iPodders ConsumerGeneratedMedia.com attempts to answer an interesting question: “So are Apple iPod users the ultimate influencers or…