My Google Knol Club

Towards free, not completely free. This is a fascinating example of old-school vs new school (Wikipedia and Google - I mean Google search, not the Knol thing). Britannica is opening up its content to “online publishers”, including qualifying bloggers - low traffic is OK, but infrequent posting is not. The idea is to encourage these users to post Britannica links on their sites. Such links will bypass the paywall, enabling non-subscribers to read articles that would otherwise require subscriptio

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I consider it one of the greatest privileges of my childhood that we had a full Encyclopedia Britannica in the home, and I spent many rainy-day hours just leafing through it and soaking up data about the world. Ah, happy days! [image by Goran Zec] Had Wikipedia been available back then, I’d have probably developed myopia, RSI and a bad posture far earlier in my life; hyperlinking and universal access are the two “killer apps” of encyclopedias, as anyone who has fallen down the Wikipedia rabbit

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Farming Revolution Could Feed the World - NewsGrabs 20 April 2008 Categories NewsGrabs Health Supreme’s NewsGrabs - a selection of contrary and underprivileged news in health and a wide range of (mostly) related sectors. Find what trends you may have missed - watch out for the weekly News Grabs. Here is this week’s selection for you: UN calls for farming revolution The Unesco study recommends better safeguards to protect resources and more sustainable farming practices, such as prod

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Towards free, not completely free. This is a fascinating example of old-school vs new school (Wikipedia and Google - I mean Google search, not the Knol thing). Brittanica is opening up its content to “online publishers”, including qualifying bloggers - low traffic is OK, but infrequent posting is not. The idea is to encourage these users to post Brittanica links on their sites. Such links will bypass the paywall, enabling non-subscribers to read articles that would otherwise require subscriptio

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Apparently reporting the news is as depressing as watching it. This might explain why CNN News anchor Richard Quest was caught with a small bag of methamphetamine in his pocket. In case you are curious about this particular drug, Wikipedia has this to say: Methamphetamine is a potent central nervous system stimulant which affects neurochemical mechanisms responsible for regulating heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, appetite, attention, mood and responses associated with alertness

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So obvious. So good. From Box Games: At Box, we obviously spend a lot of time talking about what’s going on on the internet. With such a high quantity of real and rumored products and acquisitions announcements, Google obviously gets a lot of attention in our animated discussions. In the last few months, Google Health, AppEngine, Knol, Android, OpenSocial, Sites, and the rumored Skype acquisition (is that even real or just propaganda?) were some of the most talked-about topics. We often come to

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At Box, we obviously spend a lot of time talking about what’s going on on the internet. With such a high quantity of real and rumored products and acquisitions announcements, Google obviously gets a lot of attention in our animated discussions. In the last few months, Google Health, AppEngine, Knol, Android, OpenSocial, Sites, and the rumored Skype acquisition (is that even real or just propaganda?) were some of the most talked-about topics. We often come to the conclusion that Google’s way to

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The Marriott Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, Arizona has been the site of the Buying and Selling eContent conference for nine years, now, usually a most beautiful spot that lets your cares melt away so that you can focus on good people, good food, a bit of sun and great presentations. But Camelback was not its usual self this year, stuck in the middle of a major construction project that had the revitalized conference halls in good shape but much of the rest of the facility in turmoil. Rumor had it

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We’ve had our fair share of fun with Google, so we thought you should too. The best original linkbait we’ve seen in a while can be found on the Box.net blog. Box.net is a web-based service that lets you store files online, share them, and collaborate on projects. The unrelated linkbait is a free downloadble pdf of the Monopoly board game with a Google twist. The board game idea stemmed from animated discussions at Box HQ about Google acquisitions and new products ranging from Google Heal

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Box.net presents Googolopoly: At Box, we obviously spend a lot of time talking about what’s going on on the internet. With such a high quantity of real and rumored products and acquisitions announcements, Google obviously gets a lot of attention in our animated discussions. In the last few months, Google Health, AppEngine, Knol, Android, OpenSocial, Sites, and the rumored Skype acquisition (is that even real or just propaganda?) were some of the most talked-about topics. We often come to the co

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