Wikis for Everyone (and everything)

An article from a few days ago in Wired caught my eye this morning.  In What Would Jesus Wiki? author Michael Calore talks about Conservapedia, an "alternative Wikipedia" that presents history from the perspective of (religious) conservatives.

Conservapedia operates on the belief that Wikipedia's content maintains an unacceptable liberal bias. ...

Donate to Candidates Through Search

We had a story appear on the Digg homepage the other day and in the comments someone pointed to a site I hadn't seen before: Presidential Quest.  

Basically Presidential Quest has created search sites for every single Presidential candidate.  Users then search the web from the site of their chosen candidate and all the ad revenue that is generated from the searching is donated to their chosen candidate. ...

USA Today Website Redesign is Live

USA Today's new website went live this morning.  You can read a note from the editors about the redesign here and a breakdown of the new features here. 

I like it. 

The key here is the social networking component.  Users can create profiles that include personal information,...

USA Today to Launch New Website this Weekend

Mark Glaser points to a blog entry by USA Today’s Patrick Cooper announcing that they will launch a new version of their site this coming weekend. Jeff Jarvis was given a sneak peak at the site and links to a screenshot of the new homepage.

Here are some key components of the new site based on my reading of Cooper’s post:

• Open commenting on every article.
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Early Presidential Campaigning: 3 Reasons Why it’s a Bad Idea

As we all know, the 2008 presidential campaigns are getting swamped with coverage lately.  It is beginning to seem slightly ridiculous to me the amount of media attention that these potential candidates are getting.  Shouldn't the country still be paying attention to who is currently in office?  What's that guy's name…..Bush or something? ...