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June 10, 2005

Cory Doctorow just tried to

Cory Doctorow just tried to raise his hand, interrupt and ask a question, but the speaker didn't notice him at all.

From the slideshow: How can

From the slideshow: How can such a large community scale? Through software features. Through policy (mediation, arbitration). Through an atmosphere of love and respect.

SubEthaEdit document on Jimbo Wales talk at reboot

Why is Wikipedia not just

Why is Wikipedia not just complete chaos? A lot of features in the software make it easy to assure quality. Diff pages (changes are lighlighted in red); rules/laws are done in free form by the community and not implemented in code, eg the votes for deletion process as a wiki page which allows for discretion on the part of an administrator; the free license, because users of Wikipedia content have to link back.

Neutral point of view policy:

Neutral point of view policy: A social concept of co-operation. ‘Truth’ is not a very practical standard, so Wikipedia presents both sides of an issue (or multiple sides). NPOW is a very nice tool for getting some work done.

Jimbo Wales is up now

Jimbo Wales is up now and going through Wikipedia.

Lunch: Sandwiches.

Lunch: Sandwiches.

I am at play in

I am at play in the garden right now.

Nick Denton: Calacanis transparency policy.

Nick Denton: Calacanis transparency policy. Apparently some critical comments disappeared from one of Jason's blog postings.

“When they say blogs aren't

“When they say blogs aren't fact-checked, they're full of shit.”

Jason's message: Don't sell out.

Jason's message: Don't sell out. Once a prostitute, always a prostitute. Gizmodo example with Siemens/Cebit.

The morning started off with

The morning started off with breakfast, followed by keynotes by Doc Searls and Robert Scoble. Interesting q&a afterwards with questions from Hugh MacLeod and Ben Hammersley.

Jason to a lawyer: “I'm

Jason to a lawyer: “I'm blogging this as we're talking!”

At reboot 7.0 right now

At reboot 7.0 right now listening to Jason Calacanis's talk. I am taking pictures with my brand-new Nikon D70s and I'll put those photos up later.