Openpedia.org > wikipedia and 'alien logic:' the debate gets spiritual

if:book[if:book] If you like Mitchell Stephen's book-blog about the history of atheism, you might want to compare Mitchell's approach to that of "The Long Tail," a book-blog written by Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine. Like Stephens, Anderson is trying to work out his ideas for a future book online: his book looks at the technology-driven atomizaton of our economy and culture, a phenomenon Anderson (and Wired) doesn't seem particularly troubled by.

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

Futureofthebook.org[Futureofthebook.org] if:book: A new and fairly authoritative voice has entered the Wikipedia debate: last week, staff members of the science magazine Nature read through a series of science articles in both Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica, and decided that Britannica ”” the "gold standard" of reference, as they put it ”” might not be that much more reliable (we did something similar, though less formal, a couple of months back -- read the first comment). According to an article published today:

[Bookish.dk] bookish: Copenhagen hosts one in mid-November and now Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus, plans a literary festival in april to coincide with the World Book Day. I suspect it will see much the same crowd of has-been turned would-be authors, celebrity chefs and retired politicians plugging their ghost-written biographies.

Thelongtail.com[Thelongtail.com] The Long Tail: Sizing the book tail: Max Kalehoff considers the impact of Google's book scanning project on publishers, and predicts a tectonic power shift (free reg req'd): "A great analogy to describe the potential impact of the long tail in book search is to consider the rapid rise of consumer-created content online--including blogs, message boards, ratings sites and other forms of social media. These platforms are becoming incredibly influential, not just because of their sheer popularity, and compelling content, but because they represent a massively growing share of online content relative to all other--such as corporate, commercial, editorial and government content.

http://mdbenoit.blogspot.com [Mdbenoit.blogspot.com] Life's weirder than fiction: May 2005: Most of the art is so realistic that, even for the fantastic themes, you'd think it's photographs. The artists come from all over the world and give free reign to their imaginations.

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