With Web 2.0 tools, such as (micro)blog, wiki, we can reveal a lot of our thoughts and opinions in public, and get response from someone we have never met before. More importantly, Web 2.0 tools encourage open discussions. Here is a very good example. I saw from twitter that someone had claimed P!=NP was proved, [...]

The USA White House launched its strategy to reform the government in the Web 2.0 age. In this post: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/05/01/WhiteHouse/, it gives the information channels through which white house is reaching its citizens. These channels include: Whitehouse.gov Facebook.com/WhiteHouse MySpace.com/WhiteHouse Twitter.com/WhiteHouse Flickr.com/WhiteHouse Vimeo.com/WhiteHouse YouTube.com/WhiteHouse iTunes (videos & podcasts) I would say this government is leading toward [...]

Just made my small annual donations to some great causes that I believe in: Wikipedia ( the best knowledge base in this world ) Creative Commons ( the best supporter for an open culture in this information age ) The organisations behinds these causes are non-profitable ones, and they largely rely on volunteers’ work and public donations. The [...]

I just read this interesting article from Scientific America: Science 2.0 Great New Tool, or Great Risk?, by M. Mitchell Waldrop. The main idea is to explore the impact of Web 2.0 tools, like wikis, blogs, on the scientific research. I was thinking about this for a while now. As you see, I started to [...]