Mind Traffic Geometry
Recent discussion between Albert and me. Albert highlights what SdiDesk does, and what he wants it to do. I give my latest, still evolving plans, for future SdiDesk development. Yes, Python is the future.
(NB : it’s a long page that needs refactoring. Scroll down.)
Here’s a cool looking blog dedicated to wiki :
Hey! It wasn’t me. But someone made an Sdidesk page on Wikipedia. !!! 🙂
Paul Graham’s Startup School and wiki
LOL! Dave Winer on DMOZ vs. Wikipedia
DMOZ has a bad rep for having editors with conflicts of interest. And it’s exclusive, unlike Wikipedia which at least has battles (never thought I’d say that) of people with conflicts, DMOZ doesn’t even have dissent among conflicted people, only one point of view exists, because there’s only one editor for each category.
(My emphasis.)
Interesting to note how Dave is spinning against the DMOZ hierarchical catalogue (I never heard of any repution for conflict of interest that he claims, though it’s plausible) just as he’s about to launch a revolution in online hierarchical directories. 🙂
Stowe Boyd : The Individual Is The New Group — Part 1
which kind of reminds me of all those ideas about PersonalKnowledgeManagement that were floating around last year.
Quick comment I made about personal timeliness vs. personal individuality Blogger
100% right.
At some point we realize that some of our information consumption has to be a “minority game”.
The winners will be those who know things that other people don’t. That’s what makes you valuable to other people. Being an expert in the top ten most known topics makes you worth what?
By definition, there’s no algorithm which can give this to you. You need to cultivate your own tastes and ideosyncrasies. Your outlier blogs.
Don’t worry about being the first to follow the fashions. Something which is number one on memeorandum or digg today (and is actually important) will probably turn up on one of your regular blogs within a week. So decide how you’ll trade-off your own personal timeliness for personal individuality.
This isn’t a problem. It’s the solution.
Politicians who try to spin their wikipedia entry are getting named and shamed.