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I had the great privilege of speaking at DPLA West last weekend, where I was one of a panel of speakers giving perspectives on the possibilities of the DPLA; I spoke as a Wikimedian and as a librarian. It was only five minutes, so I wrote down my talk in full; the text is below. [...]

(NB: or you could just watch this Clay Shirky video) I wrote this for a science librarians mailing list, and in lieu of having time to write another post (today is a big day for us at Wikimedia) reproduce it here. —- I’m a science librarian at UC Davis and sit on the board of [...]

A new part of the WikiSym conference launched yesterday — the first ever WikiViz visualization contest. This is super cool — details below or here. If you know any great viz teams encourage them to participate! WikiViz 2011: Visualizing the impact of Wikipedia This year Wikipedia turned 10. Since its birth we have witnessed an [...]

The National Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, is a big fan of Wikipedia. And as he recently wrote on the National Archives blog, “With 42 percent of the American public relying on Wikipedia, it makes sense for the records and resources of the National Archives to be present in this space.”  That enthusiasm [...]

These are extraordinary times for the Middle East: Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen. Al Jazeera’s live coverage is the best: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ and they have many Creative Commons licensed clips up now: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ (Al Jazeera’s use of Creative Commons is groundbreaking and wonderful; thank you to everyone involved in this). At the very beginning of yesterday, the internet [...]

I’ve been on a bit of a Sherlock Holmes kick lately, rewatching the Jeremy Brett adaptations from my childhood (which are streaming on Netflix now). As Wikipedia tells us, Brett is considered “the definitive Holmes of his era”, and I am taking a great delight in his outbursts and moods — gestures that Brett introduced [...]

I am happy to finally send out the announcements for a little event I and several others have been working on for a while. You’re invited! Tell your friends! ——- The San Francisco get together to celebrate Wikipedia’s 10th anniversary is finally coming together! Please join us for the (1st?) West Coast Wiki Conference, on [...]