BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. There is considerably more organization to Wikipedia than meets the eye. For instance, not all user accounts are treated equally, and specific types of users can be banned from Wikipedia access. One such type of user is known as a sock puppet or, more typically, sockpuppet. A sockpuppet is a Wikipedia contributor who […]
I wanted to note that the Podcasting article at Wikipedia has been designated a good article and may end up being a featured article. There have been edits to the section I re-wrote, but the edits have been to add additional information. I wouldn’t necessarily have added some of it, but what was added was neutral in tone, […]
Rogers Cadenhead wrote on Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales edits of his own biography. During the discussion, Rogers mentioned his own Wikipedia entry. I checked, and sure enough: Rogers has an entry. That’s odd, I thought. Many of the male webloggers I know have an entry in Wikipedia, but most of the women I know, don’t. I […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The Sunday, March 12 panel on Women and Visibility at SxSW has been canceled. update Point of clarification: I was given responsibility for this panel, unexpectedly, late Monday afternoon. Because of the number of panel members who had dropped out, I made a call to cancel. The SxSW organizers did […]
Recently, I was the target of recruiters for a well known company. I wasn’t particularly interested in working for the company, especially since it meant I would have to move back to the Silicon Valley area (something I didn’t want to do). The recruiters were nice, and I was flattered. However, I was also aware […]