Wikipedia Fail, DIY Text Adventures, Antisocial Software, and Formats Matter
by Nat Torkington
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| 16 February 2012
- The Undue Weight of Truth (Chronicle of Higher Education) -- Wikipedia has become fossilized fiction because the mechanism of self-improvement is broken.
- Playfic -- Andy Baio's new site that lets you write text adventures in the browser. Great introduction to programming for language-loving kids and adults.
- Review of Alone Together (Chris McDowall) -- I loved this review, its sentiments, and its presentation. Work on stuff that matters.
- Why ESRI As-Is Can't Be Part of the Open Government Movement -- data formats without broad support in open source tools are an unnecessary barrier to entry. You're effectively letting the vendor charge for your data, which is just stupid.
