About this Author
Suw Charman-Anderson is a social software consultant and writer who specialises in the use of blogs and wikis behind the firewall. With a background in journalism, publishing and web design, Suw is now one of the UK's best known bloggers, frequently speaking at conferences and seminars.
She recently launched Kits and Mortar, a blog about planning a green, cat-friendly self-built home.
Suw is also founder and board member of the Open Rights Group, a digital rights advocacy group which aims to raise awareness of digital rights issues, to campaign against bad legislation in Britain and the EU, and to support grass roots activism.
Her personal blog is Chocolate and Vodka, and yes, she's married to Kevin.
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Kevin Anderson has been an online journalist since 1996, designing, editing and writing websites for both broadcast and print media. In 1998, he joined the BBC and became their first online journalist based outside of the UK, covering the US for its award winning news website. After coming to the UK in 2005, he developed a blogging strategy for BBC news, helped launch a programme on the BBC's 5Live covering weblogs and podcasts and was on the team that launched the interactive radio programme World Have Your Say on the BBC World Service.
Kevin is now the Blogs Editor for The Guardian, where he is responsible for management, strategy and 'leading by doing' for Guardian Unlimited blogs.
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1. David Phillips on September 13, 2006 4:26 PM writes...
Oh.. how true.
I also keep running into publication that hide content behind subscriptions. Google News is just so convenient to find the free stuff.
If links are assets (yes they are) Britannica can never catch up without re-inventing itself.
Permalink to Comment2. Steve on September 13, 2006 6:34 PM writes...
I almost laughed out loud when Dale Hoiberg got miffed that Jimmy Wales used text links in his repsonses. That is what makes the Internet so great; one can easily point a web surfer to a source of information.
Permalink to Comment3. Kevin Marks on September 13, 2006 6:47 PM writes...
Britannica used to be free online - back when they were upselling the CD-ROM version. They withdrew it and made it for pay thereafter, creating a niche for wikipedia.
Permalink to CommentThat said, even if it were free online (as it is in libraries, after all) there is still a place for the more comprehensive and consensual work that Wikipedia is growing into. The more insidious threat to Wikipedia is the deletionist clique that deters the contributors who write most of the substantive prose.
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