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Thursday, June 5th, 2008

I’ve been looking for a way to kick off the articles here at DI, to help me shape the voice of the site and give potential contributors & readers something to hold onto. So let’s go!
First things to know: this is Portland, and while we’ve got a burgeoning creative & tech community doing just about [...]

Welcome, welcome

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Take a look around, sign up and create a directory profile, and let us know about any bugs you find. I’ve already built another version of this directory app for a friend, but there’s still tons that could be added.
Your feedback helps improve the site, so have at it! :)

Google Knol: What’s that Sound?

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Google steps into the UGC ring and everyone (rightly) steps up  and takes notice.
Knols Project: Google Experimenting With User Generated Encyclopedic Pages
Seems clear that Google’s got growth on its mind, and in an Adsense world, that means more pageviews. Knols will certainly fit that bill.
But comparing Knols to Wikipedia seems wrong to me. By asserting [...]