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Getting To Know Web 2.0
Source: Think enewsletter

Everyone throws around the term Web 2.0. They know about MySpace, YouTube and Wikipedia because of the publicity surrounding them, but most don't have a clear grasp on the range of technologies covered by this term.

Citizen journalists demand piece of the action
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

In the past 12 months, there have been weeping and wailing aplenty in the newspaper community about a phenomenon called citizen journalism.

Idea: Web-based networks applied to petitions

Thinking about what may create a sufficient impetus that would actually result in addressing injustices (such as one involving Grenalow Wilson) and the answer is clear: increasing accountability for politicians. Regarding Grenalow:

Tim O'Reilly: Web 2.0 Compact Definition: Trying Again
Source: radar.oreilly.com

A commenter on one of my previous posts about Web 2.0 wrote:

Interview: Stephen Buckley on Technology, Collective Intelligence, and Open Source Journalism
Source: newassignment.net

An interview on collective intelligence with Stephen C. Buckley, the Associate Director of the Center for Digital Business and Center for Collective Intelligence at MIT. I'm quoting the first question and answer below to give you an idea of what the interview was about.

MIT Wants to Know: Are We Really Smarter Than Me?
Source: enterpriseweb2.com

The MIT Center for Collective Intelligence was officially launched today with a modest amount of speechifying and the announcement of an intriguing new experiment to create a Wikipedia-style community-authored book about how to use communities in business.

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