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This makes me more comfortable for me to open my laptop and take notes. He pointed to the Japanese wikipedia page noting that in Japan, the cultural norm is for the group to discuss the page in the discussion area before developing the content together. We can't forget about our basic humaness when interacting with other people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. She notes, "It doesn't specifically talk about open content, but discusses online and offline content income models in depth, with numbers." The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The offline wikipedia, Moulin. Unthinkingly points us to the last mile wikipedia , a 400,000+ article no-images version of the wikipedia that fits snugly into a CD and launched by Geekcorps. See Ethan Zuckerman's post offers some thoughts about the content that will be loaded into the One Laptop per Child laptop.)

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