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 [...]
Coach to have surgery
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 [...]