[geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

[Mike Meredith]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:09:26 +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> We could argue for days on how inacurate the Wikipedia is, but I
> doubt that it's much less accurate than the average public library
> was in 1968.

It has become trendy to throw stones at Wikipedia for inaccuracy. I've
noticed that the biggest stones seem to be thrown by people who make a
living from writing (journalism) thus who might have a vested interest
in preserving the reputation and business of older equivalents (by
which I mean encylopaedias that pay writers).

Wikipedia is great for the first rough brush strokes of painting a
picture of an area of knowledge. It's fantastic for wandering through a
chain of articles to an unexpected destination.

> Good research skills are needed now more than ever. 

All the Internet has really done (in the research area) is to make the
easier parts of research easier ... we can now do some of the initial
stages from a laptop in front of the TV or from a convenient pub.

-- 
Mike Meredith (http://zonky.org/)
 "Microsoft couldn't get a clue if it were soaked in clue pheromone in
  clue bondage gear on the clue mating grounds during clue mating season
  surrounded by horny clues." -- corrupted from a SDM sig