University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management has an interesting publication centered on the dynamics that make Wikipedia work (and not work). I’d love to see a fuller explanation of Dr. Ram’s “seven specific roles that Wikipedia contributors play”. It would be nice to see even more indepth information on all seven types of wiki contributors – Casual Contributors, Starters, Cleaners, Copy Editors, Composition Justifiers, Watchdogs, and All-round Editors.

BestThinking.com completes two years of development with a public launch on Albert Einstein’s birthday. Einstein’s passion for new thinking and collaboration is rekindled in BestThinking’s plan to bring together acclaimed experts and accomplished laypersons to address the challenges we face as individuals, communities and as a planet. BestThinking believes it can overcome the challenges of other open access websites through its dedication to transparency, and by applying the latest thinking on content rating systems and enhanced peer moderation. Transparency at BestThinking means all contributors must have their identities verified and all editing, moderation, discussion and rating are done openly and on the record.

After banging my head against my desk to try to come up with a replacement for Hydra Project (its too slow and two non-intuitive for non-tech folks) I finally gave up on the idea of creating a single solution to handle both task management and document/link management.