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Week: Business Owner Geeks

Friday, August 24th, 2007

What a geek week. Face to Face presentations to 120 people, focusing on this new world of "online". Somewhere around 6,700+ views of http://thegeekstories.com/ videos.
Ran into some old Apple friends (hi Tom!) and shared the joys of Frankarr moving into the US.

Tim, an old friend whom I owe much, a key shareholder in NextByte sold [...]

Neil Finn, Nick Seymour on Enough Rope

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Whilst in Japan, Neil Finn and Nick Seymour were interviewed by Andrew Denton on Enough Rope.
Andrew Denton: we don't use Wikipedia for Research.
Jon Casimir strikes again! 

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Hello (Goodbye) Sandy Allen
Week: Business Owner Geeks
Beginning of Gonzo Video Journalism
Neil Finn Lyric Server goes Mashup
Neil Finn’s Favourite Songwriters

Frank Arrigo, Wikipedia

Monday, May 28th, 2007

After more discussion than content, Wikipedia has sadly removed the Frank Arrigo entry created by delic8genius, and edited (badly) by my good self.
Objective lessons learnt:

social media is not a free-for-all
online communities have rules
wikipedia does openly publish their rules. These rules and style guide are long. 
newbies are left to freely create their own entries
strong editorial process quickly clamps [...]

Frank Arrigo’s Day Off

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

(picture: Norbert and Frank)
Save Ferris! Save Frank! More Save Frank!
Having heard Jimmy Wales talk about Biographies on Wikipedia, especially of living people, I am now seeing it in action.

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Ray Ozzie: by Steven Levy
Steve Ballmer at CEDA 7th November 2008
USofA… just when I about to love you again
How would you answer this question
Fixing nickhodge.com [...]

Jimmy Wales: Fireside Chat

Friday, April 27th, 2007

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The following is a blog-best-effort transcript of Jimmy Wales in Melbourne on the 27th April 2007. This is not a verbatim transcript. This post is purely a transcript of the conversation, not the opinion of the author.
This blog post, and Flickr images [...]

Jimmy Wales: Panel Discussion

Friday, April 27th, 2007

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The following is a blog-best-effort transcript of Jimmy Wales in Melbourne on the 27th April 2007. This is not a verbatim transcript.
This blog post, and Flickr images are licensed under the Creative Commons License:

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work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License.
After-lunch Panel Discussion
Gary introduces Mark [...]

Jimmy Wales: Challenging How Knowledge is Created.

Friday, April 27th, 2007

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The following is a blog-best-effort transcript of Jimmy Wales in Melbourne on the 27th April 2007. This is not a verbatim transcript.
This blog post, and Flickr images are licensed under the Creative Commons License:

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work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License.
Garry Putland: welcome. Apple might [...]

Wikipedia

Sunday, October 19th, 2003

OK, you know I am a bit of a swot, and like things more on the cerebral side of life. Therefore, this is the find of the weekend: Wikipedia.
If you prefer the lighter side of life, H2G2 might be more entertaining.
For instance, H2G2 on Neil Finn:
Neil Finn continues to write, perform and collaborate, and [...]