Fwd: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!
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Re: Fwd: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!
by Gerard Meijssen-3
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Hoi,
I hope we will have much to contribute to WatchKnow once our media software goes live. Thanks, GerardM 2009/10/20 David Gerard <dgerard@...> > This is actually a fantastically cool idea. > > > - d. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Larry Sanger <sanger@...> > Date: 2009/10/19 > Subject: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches! > To: sharedknowing@... > > > > > Dear all, > > I'm delighted to announce that WatchKnow (http://www.watchknow.org/) > is launching today! Dive in! > > The new site makes educational videos for kids ridiculously easy to > find. We are launching with over 10,000 videos placed in over 2,000 > categories, arranged in a very handy directory. The site is a new > kind of wiki: working together, contributors can edit video > information, and they can also edit the directory by drag and drop, > which will make building the resource truly "wikiwiki"--fast. While > the project is wide open and easy to get involved with (even > anonymously), the project engages teachers to act as community > moderators. It is non-profit and generously supported by an anonymous > donor through the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi. See > how to edit the site in this screencast video: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pOgSt2nWu0 > > We decided to get the word out on the grassroots level--in other > words, virally--before we do a press release in a couple days (maybe > next week). So please, please, tweet about WatchKnow, blog about it, > talk about it with your friends, etc.--and start working on the site! > This is one Web 2.0 project that really has the potential to change > the world in great ways, so it needs your support. If you love > WatchKnow, say so and spread the word! > > Regards, > Larry > ---------------- > Lawrence M. Sanger, Ph.D. > Editor-in-Chief, Citizendium.org > Executive Director, WatchKnow.org > sanger@... > > _______________________________________________ > SharedKnowing mailing list > SharedKnowing@... > http://mail.citizendium.org/mailman/listinfo/sharedknowing > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@... > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@... Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l |
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Re: Fwd: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!
by Bod Notbod
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On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:44 PM, David Gerard <dgerard@...> wrote:
> This is actually a fantastically cool idea. I was familiar with the site after its previous launch, it then shut down for a while and has now returned looking rather more handsome. However, I had written to Larry saying that what I felt was missing was the ability to subscribe to (sub)categories using RSS to which he replied he was looking into it. Doesn't seem to be a facility at the moment unfortunately. < sulks > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@... Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l |
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Re: Fwd: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!
by Jiri Hofman
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Not free, not own content, not interested.
Categorizing content of internet has been repeatedly unsuccessful. Why it should be successful now? Sorry, Jiri On Tuesday, 20. October 2009 16:44:22 David Gerard wrote: > This is actually a fantastically cool idea. > > > - d. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Larry Sanger <sanger@...> > Date: 2009/10/19 > Subject: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches! > To: sharedknowing@... > > > Dear all, > > I'm delighted to announce that WatchKnow (http://www.watchknow.org/) > is launching today! Dive in! > > The new site makes educational videos for kids ridiculously easy to > find. We are launching with over 10,000 videos placed in over 2,000 > categories, arranged in a very handy directory. The site is a new > kind of wiki: working together, contributors can edit video > information, and they can also edit the directory by drag and drop, > which will make building the resource truly "wikiwiki"--fast. While > the project is wide open and easy to get involved with (even > anonymously), the project engages teachers to act as community > moderators. It is non-profit and generously supported by an anonymous > donor through the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi. See > how to edit the site in this screencast video: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pOgSt2nWu0 > > We decided to get the word out on the grassroots level--in other > words, virally--before we do a press release in a couple days (maybe > next week). So please, please, tweet about WatchKnow, blog about it, > talk about it with your friends, etc.--and start working on the site! > This is one Web 2.0 project that really has the potential to change > the world in great ways, so it needs your support. If you love > WatchKnow, say so and spread the word! > > Regards, > Larry > ---------------- > Lawrence M. Sanger, Ph.D. > Editor-in-Chief, Citizendium.org > Executive Director, WatchKnow.org > sanger@... > > _______________________________________________ > SharedKnowing mailing list > SharedKnowing@... > http://mail.citizendium.org/mailman/listinfo/sharedknowing > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@... > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@... Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l |
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Re: Fwd: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!
by Bod Notbod
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On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Jiri Hofman <hofmanj@...> wrote:
> Not free, not own content, not interested. > > Categorizing content of internet has been repeatedly unsuccessful. Why it should be successful now? It's embedded. It's video! Y'know, it moves and makes sounds. That makes it a billion times better than words. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@... Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l |
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Re: Fwd: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!
by Thomas Dalton
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2009/10/20 Jiri Hofman <hofmanj@...>:
> Not free, not own content, not interested. > > Categorizing content of internet has been repeatedly unsuccessful. Why it should be successful now? Google News is pretty good... _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@... Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l |
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Re: Fwd: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!
by David Gerard-2
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2009/10/20 Bod Notbod <bodnotbod@...>:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Jiri Hofman <hofmanj@...> wrote: >> Not free, not own content, not interested. >> Categorizing content of internet has been repeatedly unsuccessful. Why it should be successful now? > It's embedded. It's video! Y'know, it moves and makes sounds. That > makes it a billion times better than words. They do want CC by-sa videos, and are interested in WMF and Metavid's work to make videos editable. - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@... Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l |
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