Arguing Over a Meaningless Concept

I continue to be surprised that Wikipedia has never been on the receiving end of a Chutzpah of the Week award. I gave one to Jimmy Wales this past April; but that was not for anything specifically having to do with Wikipedia. Rather, it was for...

My Own Private Reality

I had not anticipated that my presenting Jimmy Wales with a Chutzpah of the Week award would attract very much attention. (The truth is that I am surprised when anything I write attracts attention!) However, by concentrating on Wikipedia as the focus...

Search Wikia, an Open Source Search Engine, Launched Today

Search Wikia launched an alpha version to the public today. Wikia, Inc., the for-profit wiki company started by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley and creators of Wikipedia owns the open source search engine. Wikia was first proposed by Wales in December...