The Verge
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is selling a non-fungible token (or NFT) based on his first edit of the free encyclopedia. Auction house Christie’s will hold a sale of the token from December 3rd to 15th, auctioning it alongside the Strawberry iMac Wales was using around Wikipedia’s launch. Jimmy Wales / Christie’s.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 9, 2006
The Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 But there is a lot of hype regarding Web 2.0, and I want to talk about that hype, and talk about the possible pitfalls of jumping on the Web 2.0 What I’ll do in these posts is first explain a bit about one particular aspect of Web 2.0, But I’ll give you my quick definition: Web 2.0
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Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
It’s reminiscent of how early internet users had to learn to navigate online information, eventually understanding that while Wikipedia might be a good starting point for research, it shouldn’t be cited as a primary source. “Generative AI is distinct from some of those trends, but there’s definitely a lot of hype.
The Verge
DECEMBER 18, 2020
This is a monumental moment for the Times , for sure, but also for the much-hyped and growing podcasting industry. There are sometimes issues in the true crime podcasting world with shows not citing their sources, and some podcasts don’t do any research besides reading off Wikipedia,” he told BuzzFeed News.
NTEN
MAY 4, 2011
Wikipedia has a great primer on cognitive bias for amateur organizational psychologists. Avoid using marketing hype as a substitute for your own analysis. As you read it, perhaps you'll begin to spot the biases your team might suffer from. In the case of VolunteerMatch, we're not immune by a long shot.
NTEN
AUGUST 31, 2010
This resulted in us creating a “sneaker-net” approach to providing basic asynchronous ICT services to rural villages: a complete offline Wikipedia that fit on a CD-ROM, and severely restricted bandwidth throttling to allow community radios to access the Internet (via prepaid RBGAN) for $2-3 a day. .
The Verge
JULY 30, 2020
The entirety of English Wikipedia constitutes just 0.6 It’s hard to estimate the total size, but we know that the entirety of the English Wikipedia, spanning some 6 million articles, makes up only 0.6 Type a question and GPT-3 directs you to the relevant Wikipedia URL for the answer. First, there’s the hype factor.
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