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Free Culture and Attention as Currency

Waxing UnLyrical

Most web assets from the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Google, Tumblr, Foursquare and a gazillion others appear to be free, opening floodgates of content, ranging from the genius of Wikipedia/ Ushahidi to the apparently innocuous LOLcats. ” With “openness” (coders, rejoice!)

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Wikipedia rules the waves

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facing the realities and the stiff competition from Wikipedia , the Encyclopedia Britannica will now focus primarily on their online services. Wikipedia has grown to be the number one source for students. In fact, many students will stop research and change topics if it’s not on Wikipedia. Top Twitter trends for 2011.

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The Perfect Family Tree

Stay N' Alive

There could be discussion pages for each individual similar to wikipedia for any disagreements. It should be 100% open (perhaps with privacy controls just for living individuals - still need to work that one out, but we already have many examples to learn from). Each "owner" should own an additional "family tree" index.

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SMTP Settings in MediaWiki

The Marketing Blog

29 am SMTP Settings in MediaWiki Jump to Comments Image via Wikipedia A Wiki without an email feature is like a ‘car’ without ‘fuel’ For configuring the email functions in MediaWiki you need to ensure that the SMTP settings are right. Home About In the Media Books on my Plate Barcamp Delhi 5: Spreading the Word out !

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Barcamp Delhi 5: Spreading the Word out !

The Marketing Blog

Jump to Comments Image via Wikipedia It is that time of the year when some of the brightest minds gather to discuss about technology, business, startups and much more. Home About In the Media SMTP Settings in MediaWiki After Hiatus, Social Media Predictions & 2009 October 10, 2008.7:08 08 am Barcamp Delhi 5: Spreading the Word out !

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Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Elevating the Enterprise 2.0 Conversation

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Reddit Open Sources with CPAL. Ross Mayfield is the Chairman, President & Co-founder of Socialtext , the first wiki company and leading provider of Enterprise 2.0 solutions, Plazes. Download Flash plugin. Recent Posts. Socialtext Turns Wiki into a Killer Web Platform. Plazes Acquired by Nokia. Wiki Universal Edit Button. Socialtext.

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Donations as Revenue: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

I also mentioned The Burrito Project on my “ Social NETWORKS are much more than Social MEDIA &# here is the wikipedia page. If you are interested in a large scale, scaleable community that where one member may drop a development of opensource projects and another member will pick it, have a look at sourceforge.

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