I'm an Australian, based in the Washington, DC, area of the United States. I spend a lot of time there with Jasmine, Australia's best-known speedsolver of the Rubik's Cube. Prior to the US, Jasmine and I were based in London, UK. We have also lived previously in the United States and Australia.
I have worked for an Australian business rules and compliance company since 1999 in Australia, the US and the UK. I have also lectured in IT and Law related topics at King's College, London, and at The Australian National University.
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- Mikal
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- Beth
- Lyn
- Doug
- Marissa
- Lisaloha
- David (Greenomics)
- Paul's Ramblings (music)
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The English version of Wikipedia has now passed the 1,000,000 article mark!
This is cool: Encyclopodia (found via Boing Boing) gives you highlights of Wikipedia on an iPod. I can't vouch that I would personally use it... but it's still cool!
Wikipedia as a discussion forum
There has been a lot of hype about Wikipedia's accuracy and neutrality. For example, US congressional staffers were recently accused of editing Wikipedia entries either to improve or to vandalise them. There have also been many cases of incorrect information going uncorrected for long periods.
A lot of the time, the information that is available on Wikipedia isn't too bad, but I wonder whether part of the site's value is actually as a discussion forum. There are plenty of topics where there is no absolute objective truth. Look, for example, at the discussion about Wikipedia's entry on publicly funded medicine. People of different political colours or with different experiences of health care can have wildly divergent opinions on a topic like this. There is only one version of the article online at any point in time -- but it's great that Wikipedia can also support a vibrant debate about that article in the background.