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Clay Shirky on Where People Find the Time

May 2, 2008 by opencontent

Fabulous talk by Clay Shirky about where people find the time to work on things like Wikipedia; highly recommended.

Survey re: Open Textbooks

May 2, 2008 by opencontent

FWK is conducting a survey in Facebook about college students’ feelings toward textbooks and potentially open textbooks. Students just go to http://apps.facebook.com/fwksurvey/ and all of the information that they need is there, including info about how we’re compensating students for taking the survey: The first 1,000 responders are guaranteed a $15 Amazon Gift Card; Every … Read more

Orson Scott Card Rocks!

May 1, 2008 by opencontent

In addition to being the author of some of my all-time favorite books, the eight-book Ender’s Game cycle, Orson Scott Card just plain gets it. His most recent piece criticizes J. K. Rowling for the ridiculous lawsuit she is currently engaged in.