More Perfect
August 2, 2006
More Perfect is a commercial venture intending to get people talking about legal and policy issues in the United States. More specifically, it's an experiment in wiki-style, speculative, non-binding policy discussion based around
- specific issues -- ranging from the local (such as maintaining the vitality and relevance of The New Seattle Center) to more sweeping (such as animal rights); and
- specific documents -- for example, the Bill of Rights, where the point is clarify the document and elicit more general engagement.
While there is fairly little concrete detail about the structure of or motivations behind the project, the wiki seems open and inviting by design and text is available under a Creative Commons CCASL license.
More Perfect also has a few properties of interest to wiki developers, most notably
- a streamlined, cruft-free RecentChanges page (with full details behind a "Click for more details..." prompt);
- a fairly detailed set of "Getting Started" pages which, while too long and text-heavy to really be of much use, represent a good attempt at creating an invitation to participate; and
- a convention started by the founders, Tim and Chad, of listing specific "issues of interest to me" on user pages.
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EbayWiki Beta
30-Jul-2006
This is the official wiki for eBay users. eBay had the good folks at JotSpot aid in the design and customization of their standard wiki engine and as you can see, the result is a slick and well functioning wiki which combines eBay's look and feel with Jot's collaborative technology. The site is in beta, but it is already a vibrant wiki. This is because eBay users are already such a large group, and wiki's thrive where there is already a community.
In looking more closely ...read more
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Hooze Beta
24-Jul-2006
At OSCamp this morning, I spent some time with EthanMcCutchen and LewisHoffman learning more about the Hooze.com and wagging. Hooze is focused on consumers and in particular, helping them create a shared and voice which may point companies in a directions that are more aligned with their consumers. Imagine having access to a huge collaboratively built database of consumer experience right at the point of purchase — that would be valuable.
The underlying technology ...read more
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