Open Technologist

People Participation in Mass Collaboration Projects

One of the most prominent examples of mass collaboration is Wikipedia. According to Alexa, Wikipedia is the 8th most visited website in the world. Playing a role in Wikipedia's high ranking is the up-to-date information provided by the community of contributors. The contributors provide the  content and ultimately what why visitors turn to Wikipedia for knowledge. Therefore, the importance of having a community of willing contributors is essential to the livelihood of any mass collaboration...

Wikipedia For Schools

Wikipedia Selection is a free version of Wikipedia that consists of hand-checked articles from Wikipedia applicable to the UK National Curriculum but also useful to many others. The project is run by SOS Children UK in conjunction with the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia Selection has been distributed to schools in South Africa by the Shuttleworth Foundation and by the Hole in the Wall project to rural Indian children. It is the same size as a 20 volume encyclopedia and articles were ranked by...

Innovation in the age of Mass Collaboration

Mass Collaboration occurs when large numbers of people work on a single project. The book Wikinomics highlites how technology and in particular the Internet is fueling mass collaboration and changing the way organisations are finding ways to solve problems. Mass Collaboration encourages all those involved in the business process  to share information and ideas. An increasing number of organisations have realised the benefits and for some it is becoming a major factor in corporate...

Google Search in 2001

Google has decided to allow users to see what it was like to use the their search engine in 2001. Using the index from 2001 just tells us how the world has changed since 2001: Youtube returned no results Facebook was still a Harvard student search engine Wikipedia was still in its it infant status and part of Nupedia iPod was not associated with an mp3...