Study: Wikipedia’s credibility
The current issue of First Monday (Nov 2006) features an empirical study about Wikipedia‘s credibility. What’s really interesting about the study’s findings isn’t the ratio of Wikipedia articles…
Category: education
UC Berkeley video cast
UC Berkeley now video-casts their classes via Google Video as “part of UC Berkeley’s commitment to the broadest possible dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of our state,…
Stencil Art 101
Vinterstille features a great quick&dirty tutorial video showing how to make your own stencil art “using creative commons licensed images, photoshop, a sharp knife, paper and spraypaint.” (More…
Gangs vs Cults of America
The above map shows where American gangs and cults live. Pretty cool. It’s taken from Vice Magazine (Gangs and Cults issue). Read more at Laughing Squid. (To view…
The Beckoning Cat
Now, reading up on the history of the waving cat as a symbol, you find all kinds of stories. Mostly localized versions based on the same common theme.…
Interview with Yochai Benkler
Today was the day – this morning Thomas and I had the chance to meet Yochai Benkler. Among many other things, he teaches and researches at Yale, was…
Foundations of Cyberculture, podcast round 2
One of my favorite podcasted lectures goes into round two: Greg Niemeyer’s Foundations of Cyberculture (one of the Berkeley Webcasts). I’m curious if it’s going to be just…