Citizendium announced an official launch. The idea is to be “an open wiki project aimed at creating an enormous, free, and reliable encyclopedia”; the reliability is to be boosted by “gentle expert control.” The idea is good, let’s hope Citizendium succeeds! Reliability is good, freedom is good, too: there is room for both Wikipedia and […]
쎢슝Vapaammin, laajemmin, luotettavammin쎢슝 Tietosanakirja uudelle vuosituhannelle Wikipedia on vapaa tietosanakirja, jota sen k쎃스ytt쎃스j쎃스t yhdess쎃스 kirjoittavat. Suomenkielisess쎃스 Wikipediassa on tuhansia muokkaajia ja jo yli 100 000 artikkelia. Wikipedia on kansainv쎃스linen, monikielinen hanke, jota hallinnoi yhdysvaltalainen Wikimedia-s쎃스쎃스ti쎃슶. Erikielisi쎃스 Wikipedioita on yli 200, joista suomenkielinen on 13. suurin. Suomenkielisen Wikipedian 100 000 artikkelin juhlaseminaari keskiviikkona 21. maaliskuuta klo […]
Monday, February 19, 2007
The results (+ some speculation) of our 2006 survey on OSS communities have now been published in First Monday: “The Protestant ethic strikes back: Open source developers and the ethic of capitalism” by Teemu Mikkonen, Tere Vad쎃슩n, and Niklas Vainio First Monday, volume 12, number 2 (February 2007).
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Tutkimusprojekti “OACS – Open Access Communication for Science” j쎃스rjest쎃스쎃스 Hankenilla Helsingiss쎃스 11.4. Wikipedia-workshopin. Workshopin teema: Wikipedia on tutkimusmieless쎃스 eritt쎃스in kiinnostava world wide webin mahdollistama ilmi쎃슶. Sen perustana on “peer production”, jossa tavalliset kansalaiset ja harrastelijat ilman korvausta tuottavat ja muokkaavat tietoja ilmaiseen yhteiseen k쎃스ytt쎃슶쎃슶n. Vastaavia ilmi쎃슶it쎃스 ovat muun muassa tutkijoiden Open Access lehdet ja julkaisuarkistot, […]
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Update 5.2.: Juyst noticed that EICPC has posted a summary on the conference. The Finnish art review framework is out with a new issue that contains several articles from a recent conference, “Critique of Creative Industries”, arranged at Kiasma in co-operation with the European Institute for Progressive Cultural Politics. The EICPC has an intersting net […]
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
In a recent video Torvalds talks about the change that has happened in recruiting new developers to the kernel community. The bar has risen “because we are so good”; it is harder to get involved while the software is already relatively polished. However, new talent is still coming in. Torvalds: I actually do statistics on […]
This idea is so crazy that it is good. Piratebay.org is proposing to buy the principality/nation/island/antiaircraftgunplatform Sealand. Donations are welcome, and currently stand at 13000 USD. The discussion is rampant here.
The EU Comission has published a report called, succintly, “Study on the Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU“. Here is the beef: “Our findings show that, in almost all the cases, a transition toward open source reports of savings […]
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Taitaa tuo huominen l쎃스hetys olla suora. Tied쎃스 sitten mit쎃스 tulee sanottua, jos her쎃스쎃스n riitt쎃스v쎃스n aikaisin ehti쎃스kseni Pasilaan yhdeks쎃스ksi. Podcastkin l쎃슶ytyy j쎃스lleen. Internet – siunaus vai kirous Tuomas Enbuske Radio Yle 1 perjantaina 12.1. kello 9.06-9.54 Time-lehti valitsi vuoden 2006 henkil쎃슶ksi internetin k쎃스ytt쎃스j쎃스t. Historiaa eiv쎃스t lehden mukaan muuta vain suurmiehet, vaan kuka tahansa kadunmies miess쎃스 p쎃스in […]
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Monday, December 11, 2006
Firefox etenee. Pidet쎃스쎃스n Suomi punaisena! Tiet쎃스쎃스k쎃슶 joku, miksi Slovenia liidaa?! (Kartassa on n쎃스k쎃슶j쎃스쎃스n jo ennakoitu, ett쎃스 V쎃스nern kaatuu maankohoamisen my쎃슶t쎃스 osaksi Pohjanmerta.) Toinen mielenkiintoinen kuva on t쎃스쎃스ll쎃스: IP osoitteet/per henki maailmassa. Suomi on listalla yhdeks쎃스nten쎃스, 1.49 IP-osoitetta per henki. Kartta on kovin, kovin tutun n쎃스k쎃슶inen.
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