2/26/2008

10 Wikipedia Tricks.




My favorite blog, Lifehacker.com (RSS feed on the sidebar), recently posted about Wikipedia.org and the top 10 tricks you can do with it.

"Whether you want to do a quick lookup on your mobile phone to settle a debate at the bar, mind map related articles, integrate Wikipedia lookups into your media player and instant messenger or simply need better and quicker search tools, check out our list of top 10 Wikipedia tricks." -Lifehacker

Present your blog as a book.



Blurb.com is a site offering professional book publishing services to the masses. Hard cover, soft cover - square, landscape, portrait - photos, text, both - 20 pages, or 400 pages.

The prices are cheaper than I imagined. One 7×7, 40 pg, four color book with a soft cover is around 12 bucks. Not too bad.

Wikipedia: The Only Source You’ll Ever Need.



Wikipedia, or as I like to call it, Wikipediawesome, is a great tool for students.

Some claim that Wikipedia isn’t a reliable source because it can be edited by anyone. But, just like a research paper, The Wikipedia Fantastica requires a scholarly source, and is tagged with “un-verified” label until the source is provided.

At this link, you can see all of the many times that wikipedia has corrected the Encyclopedia Brittanica.