nice integration into wikipedia bringing relevant information into a key source.

seeing edits in near real-time

muddyesque stuff...

via tomtaylor: Based on geonames Wikipedia data and using Fire Eagle, this app tells you the nearest Wikipedia pages to you. Brilliant!

The creators of any piece of social software must carefully choose where to punch holes in pure computational deterministic perfection to let human attributes like intelligence or taste shine through. Their choices define the project. This "you want X, I

One of the few anti-Shirky pieces around. In response to Shirky's recent talk at Web 2.0, the quote that sums this piece up is "it's not a cognitive surplus, it's a way of coping."

interesting use for clustering i.e. categorising news in a loose CV way

solid stuff from beeb folk