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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

which heralded a new, participatory web culture. One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The Iraq War was raging. The buzzword then was Web 2.0, Google Maps.

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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

What's a wiki? Wikis are websites that are extremely easy for anyone (even you!) The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. Wikipedia, like YouTube and Facebook, is a giant in the world of Web 2.0.

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