Sad news from the IU football front. Several months after the problem was first detected, Indiana University football coach Terry Hoeppner will have brain surgery tomorrow (Wednesday). Unbelievably, a recurrence of a tumor may only sideline him for 2-4 weeks. Under Coach Hep, the Hoosiers have started 2-0 for a third straight season … the [...]
Death of the Encyclopedia
Today, the Wall Street Journal Online published an interesting debate between the head honchos of Wikipedia and Britannica. The latter has been around since 1768; the former has been online since 2001. Jimmy Wales, the founder and chairman of the Wikimedia Foundation, squared off against Dale Hoiberg, the current senior vice president and editor in [...]
SciFoo sparks some questions
My interest in unconferences — a self-organizing group discussion in a particular domain — is buoyed by an account of Science Foo Camp (courtesy of a tip from the Skinny Dipper). SciFoo is modeled after the Tim O’Reilly’s FooCamp, started in 2003, and was invitation only for some 200 scientists. According to a Forbe’s article [...]