Twice in the last week I’ve heard the phrase “free knowledge.” I understand that there are many people with more influence in the world than I who like this term (e.g., Jimmy Wales’s “Free Knowledge requires Free Software and Free File Formats“). In fact, I heard Jimmy use this phrase last week at the Shuttleworth/Soros/Hewlett-sponsored meeting in Cape Town. He was describing why he doesn’t like the term “content.” Because “content,” he said, sounds like a static something that can be packaged and shipped. And so he prefers the more living, breathing, dynamic term “knowledge,” which he uses to characterize sites like Wikipeida. Now, fully understanding that many of you could care less, I have to get this off my chest anyway…
Classes Every Aggie Should Take
Logan’s newspaper, The Herald Journal, has been doing top 10 lists this summer. On September 8 HJ writer Kim Burgess did a back-to-school top 10 list of “Classes Every Aggie Should Take,” and I was pleasantly surprised to see my “Blogs, Wikis, and New Media for Learning” on the list. She says: Everyone and his … Read more