http://www.andrewlih.com/blog New Media researcher Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:12:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's July 1, and in China the ominous deadline to implement the Green Dam/Youth Escort internet filtering software has been postponed, to much rejoicing by Internet users in the country. To outsiders, this must seem quite puzzling. Why would China's "totalitarian" system need to back down on this? This should be seen ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/07/01/greendam-postponed/ "Scientists have more faith in Wikipedia than national print media" That's one of the takeaways from a recent poll of nearly 1000 toxicologists when they were asked  how various media outlets cover their specialty: the representation to the public of chemical risks. (The poll was conducted by STATS, The Center for ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/05/22/wikipedia-trumps-print-media/ TALK: China's Manufacturing, Economy and Foreign Reserves SPEAKER: James Fallows, The Atlantic and author of Postcards from Tomorrow Square DATE: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 2pm to 5pm LOCATION: Beijing, Renmin University, Room 509, Ming De Main Building, Entrance A1 Renowned author and commentator James Fallows of The Atlantic, in one of his final talks ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/05/15/talk-james-fallows-on-chinas-economy/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="186" caption="Kindle 2 (photo by ShakataGaNai, CC-By-SA)"][/caption] Just one month after our household welcomed the beautifully designed Kindle 2 to supply the latest books while we live overseas, out comes the Kindle DX, the version that promises to provide 8.5" x 11" viewing pleasure, and has been put ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/05/12/kindle-dx-and-newspapers/ This Monday at 1:30pm (East coast US time) I have the privilege of speaking with Ward Cunningham, the inventor of the wiki concept, to discuss The Wikipedia Revolution on the Yi-Tan Weekly Tech Call hosted by Jerry Michalski. Among the things we'll talk about: How has Wikipedia affected the world? What lessons can ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/04/27/ward-cunningham-and-me-on-yi-tan/ Those in the San Francisco area are invited to talks TODAY about my new book "The Wikipedia Revolution: How a bunch of nobodies created the world's greatest encyclopedia" (Hyperion). The talk at UC Berkeley will address academics, and the one with the Wiki Wednesday group will get deeper into the ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/04/02/san-francisco-talks-april-1/ Significant announcement by Jimmy Wales today: In a different economy, we would continue to fund Wikia Search indefinitely. It’s something I care about deeply. I will return to again and again in my career to search, either as an investor, a contributor, a donor, or a cheerleader. But for now, we will ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/04/01/wikia-search-to-close/ There are some great nuggets of information in hard to find corners of the Internet. In Noam Cohen's recent blog post on the death of Encarta, Tom Corddry who "ran the team that created Encarta" has some reflections on the product. Instead of hiding in the comments section, I'm reprinting it ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/04/01/tom-corddry-of-encarta-graveside-memorial/ The news came as I happened to be finishing up a visit to the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco. Jay Walsh told it to me: Microsoft is closing Encarta down. Wow. I had to say I was a bit surprised. Not shocked but surprised. When I got a look at Microsoft's ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/03/31/rip-encarta/ I was on a recent panel at SXSW doing Business in China for Fun and Profit, which turned out to be a popular draw, as people were madly Tweeting little nuggets of wisdom we were spouting on stage. It was made more lively because the scheduled panelists (Kris Krug, Robert ... http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/03/25/sxsw-china-panel/