http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/08/27/even-revolutionaries-conserve/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/08/27/even-revolutionaries-conserve/comment-page-1/#comment-23608 GNA Garcia Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:05:42 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4245#comment-23608 A few nights ago, I endeavored into making Gazpacho Andaluz using my new food processor. I wanted an authentic Spanish recipe so I searched google in Spanish for "receta gazpacho andaluz." I found an excellent food blog with a simple recipe. After reading the recipe in espa~nol, I decided to verify my understanding by using the "google translator" function which appears directly next to the original url. While hovering about the English translation, a text box appeared asking if I wanted to "contribute to a better translation." I did by editing out some redundancy in the directions. I shared this cool bit of on the fly editing with my partner and remarked upon its similarity to wikipedia. We began to dream aloud together, "How cool would it be to wikify the entire web?!" Wherein each website/page would have layers of edits, notes, comments made by its visitors, consumers, and producers? As a visitor you would have the choice how many layers, who's comments, when changes were made, etc. you wanted to view at any given time (like all of the various layers on google maps). Most importantly, you would have the option to contribute and produce content made available immediately to other visitors. I understand the gist and grist Tio Jorge's post and am only left wondering if wikipedia's choice is a bigger tipping point than we might immediately recognize, and if we are desafortunadamente tipping backwards. A few nights ago, I endeavored into making Gazpacho Andaluz using my new food processor. I wanted an authentic Spanish recipe so I searched google in Spanish for “receta gazpacho andaluz.” I found an excellent food blog with a simple recipe. After reading the recipe in espa~nol, I decided to verify my understanding by using the “google translator” function which appears directly next to the original url. While hovering about the English translation, a text box appeared asking if I wanted to “contribute to a better translation.” I did by editing out some redundancy in the directions. I shared this cool bit of on the fly editing with my partner and remarked upon its similarity to wikipedia. We began to dream aloud together, “How cool would it be to wikify the entire web?!” Wherein each website/page would have layers of edits, notes, comments made by its visitors, consumers, and producers? As a visitor you would have the choice how many layers, who’s comments, when changes were made, etc. you wanted to view at any given time (like all of the various layers on google maps). Most importantly, you would have the option to contribute and produce content made available immediately to other visitors. I understand the gist and grist Tio Jorge’s post and am only left wondering if wikipedia’s choice is a bigger tipping point than we might immediately recognize, and if we are desafortunadamente tipping backwards.

]]> http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/08/27/even-revolutionaries-conserve/comment-page-1/#comment-23604 Michael Kaisaris Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:51:51 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4245#comment-23604 I can understand why they may feel the need to "sell out" like that. They want to be accepted as credible authority. However, this subverts their own security measures. Peeling a page back to the last good version works, and it allows editors time to pause and think before they submit a change again because they know that someone is watching. RIP asynchronous consensus building. I can understand why they may feel the need to “sell out” like that. They want to be accepted as credible authority. However, this subverts their own security measures. Peeling a page back to the last good version works, and it allows editors time to pause and think before they submit a change again because they know that someone is watching. RIP asynchronous consensus building.

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