Continuing to follow the Defra wiki project (”Defra and the LA Times”), I came across this list of tips for wiki administration. It was part of an e-moderator workspace published (on a wiki) by the United Nations Development Program.
The list identifies as a strength that the medium is good for text-based content. Whereas email contributions [...]
Tips for Wiki Community building
Science and Wikis
I’m not a scienceinformaticist, nor do I play one on TV, but I did come across a few interesting uses of wikis and blogs that might be intriguing for bioinformatics and cheminformatics people in the Planet Info community.
UsefulChem Project
This open source science project deals with chemical solutions. The UsefulChem Wiki is attempting to organize the [...]
The Best Stuff in the World
For those interested in collective content and visualization, here is a site that manages both pretty well. The site presentation is a bit cluttered when you start voting for things that are the “best” in the world, but otherwise it’s worth a look. You can add new Best things or simply vote on things already [...]
My friend Scott
Lost in a pile of old CDs and Zip discs is a copy of an article I wrote for the DePauw Alumnus shortly after Scott Seator died. Today is the 10th anniversary of his death from Whilm’s Disease, an affliction that is highly curable in little kids; not so much in adults. My Reality Fantasy [...]