On 13 March 2013 18:15, Fred Bauder wrote:
>
>>
>> The problem he apparently trying to solve is that sites like Wikipedia
>> and YouTube are "kind of noisy". As problem statements go, it lacks a
>> certain specificity...
>
> I know what he means though. The snarling nonsense we sometimes encounter
On 13 March 2013 18:15, Fred Bauder wrote:
>>
>> The problem he apparently trying to solve is that sites like Wikipedia
>> and YouTube are "kind of noisy". As problem statements go, it lacks a
>> certain specificity...
>
> I know what he means though. The snarling nonsense we sometimes encounter
>
>
> The problem he apparently trying to solve is that sites like Wikipedia
> and YouTube are "kind of noisy". As problem statements go, it lacks a
> certain specificity...
I know what he means though. The snarling nonsense we sometimes encounter
on mailing lists or during editing disputes could f
On 13 March 2013 17:01, David Gerard wrote:
> On 14 February 2013 13:51, David Gerard wrote:
>
>> A commercial enterprise "a bit like a wiki or a blog" that's "a way to
>> crowdsource *high-quality* information".
>> http://columbus.craigslist.org/eng/3614099241.html
>
>
> Splash page up now:
>
>
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> On 14 February 2013 13:51, David Gerard wrote:
>
>> A commercial enterprise "a bit like a wiki or a blog" that's "a way to
>> crowdsource *high-quality* information".
>> http://columbus.craigslist.org/eng/3614099241.html
>
>
> Splash page up
On 14 February 2013 13:51, David Gerard wrote:
> A commercial enterprise "a bit like a wiki or a blog" that's "a way to
> crowdsource *high-quality* information".
> http://columbus.craigslist.org/eng/3614099241.html
Splash page up now:
http://infobitt.com/
- d.
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On 21 February 2013 19:00, Fred Bauder wrote:
> More a failure of nerve; when he did not attract experts in the field he
> gave authority to 2nd rate people. Present company excepted, of course.
He attracted academics, then he and the constables drove them away.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Cit
More a failure of nerve; when he did not attract experts in the field he
gave authority to 2nd rate people. Present company excepted, of course.
Fred
> The plan for Citizendium worked? First time that's ever been asserted.
> It worked in the sense a plan was developed, but the plan was indeed
>
On 21 February 2013 18:08, David Goodman wrote:
> The plan for Citizendium worked? First time that's ever been asserted.
I think David may have been being sarcastic...
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The plan for Citizendium worked? First time that's ever been asserted.
It worked in the sense a plan was developed, but the plan was indeed
a "behemoth" and a "straight-jacket", and was a key reason why the
project was so unsuccessful. Among the many things the plan failed to
consider, which wou
On 21 February 2013 11:34, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
> Sounds like he want's to build a megaproject in a huge go, no evolutionary
> steps at all, and then see if anyone likes the behemoth of a constructed
> reality straight-jacket.
Well, it worked for Citizendium. (Completely planned out abo
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 5:39 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> On 14 February 2013 15:15, Nathan wrote:
>
>> That job ad is so awesome I had to save it for posterity. Work as a
>> programmer slash executive assistant, for free! Be available 24 hours a day
>> at a moments notice! Weekends off? Forget it!
On 14 February 2013 15:49, Fred Bauder wrote:
> He's not wrong; if it is possible to effectively mobilize the world's
> best experts in a major widely supported crowd sourcing project it could
> be awesome. Any Wikipedia editor knows from experience that from time to
> time you end up arguing wit
It's interesting: his official website links to a Facebook fan page for
Sanger... automatically generated, containing his Wikipedia profile.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Larry-Sanger/107978809222387
Nick
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On 14 February 2013 15:15, Nathan wrote:
> That job ad is so awesome I had to save it for posterity. Work as a
> programmer slash executive assistant, for free! Be available 24 hours a day
> at a moments notice! Weekends off? Forget it! Mediocre candidates need not
> apply! Work for the *gasp* co
"I am rarely as enthusiastic about my ideas as I am about this
one--it's a corker."
I've never known him not be extremely enthusiatic about his ideas...
"If you need to see the project before agreeing to work, and I like
you, it's no problem for me to share access to the site if you sign
the NDA/
> On 14 February 2013 15:15, Nathan wrote:
>
>> That job ad is so awesome I had to save it for posterity. Work as a
>> programmer slash executive assistant, for free! Be available 24 hours a
>> day
>> at a moments notice! Weekends off? Forget it! Mediocre candidates need
>> not
>> apply! Work for
On 14 February 2013 15:15, Nathan wrote:
> That job ad is so awesome I had to save it for posterity. Work as a
> programmer slash executive assistant, for free! Be available 24 hours a day
> at a moments notice! Weekends off? Forget it! Mediocre candidates need not
> apply! Work for the *gasp* co
That job ad is so awesome I had to save it for posterity. Work as a
programmer slash executive assistant, for free! Be available 24 hours a day
at a moments notice! Weekends off? Forget it! Mediocre candidates need not
apply! Work for the *gasp* co-founder of Wikipedia! Solid, solid gold.
_
On 14 February 2013 14:20, Magnus Manske wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:51 PM, David Gerard wrote:
>> A commercial enterprise "a bit like a wiki or a blog" that's "a way to
>> crowdsource *high-quality* information".
>> http://columbus.craigslist.org/eng/3614099241.html
> "co-founder of Wik
"co-founder of Wikipedia and many others". Indeed.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:51 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> A commercial enterprise "a bit like a wiki or a blog" that's "a way to
> crowdsource *high-quality* information".
>
> http://columbus.craigslist.org/eng/3614099241.html
>
>
> - d.
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A commercial enterprise "a bit like a wiki or a blog" that's "a way to
crowdsource *high-quality* information".
http://columbus.craigslist.org/eng/3614099241.html
- d.
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