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- New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age - 9/12/2007
Technology investors and entrepreneurs, long obsessed with connecting to teenagers and 20-somethings, are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers and graying computer users.
- Seeing Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia Edits - 8/19/2007
A fascinating article about the light that the new tool Wikiscanner throws on corporate edits of wikipedia entries, with insight from Forum panelist Jimmy Wales.
- All the News That's Fit to Print Out - 7/1/2007
Check out this fascinating profile of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales (wikipedia's founder) and those who make it such a popular source of information.
- Social sites battle for new users - 6/28/2007
MySpace is running out of breath, while Bebo and Facebook are fast catching up. That's the message from the latest figures on social networking in Britain.
- In Search of an Online Utopia - 2/1/2007
Jimmy Wales describes himself as a pathological optimist. He’d have to be. The 40-year-old former options trader is the founder of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that allows anyone to edit any entry—a by-the-people-for-the-people approach that Wales describes as a bid to give everyone free access to the sum of all human knowledge. The Wikipedia phenom currently has more than 5 million entries in multiple languages and draws an estimated 7 billion page views a month. Now Wales—known to Wikipedians worldwide as the “God King”—is embarking on a new venture: a new wiki-inspired search engine than plans to rely on human intelligence “to do what algorithms cannot.” Wales spoke to NEWSWEEK’s Arlene Getz about his work, his Bono connection, the money he hasn’t made from Wikipedia and what Microsoft’s Bill Gates said to him when they met at last week’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Excerpts:
- Jimmy Wales - 4/30/2006
"Edit this page." Just three little words, but what a miracle they have wrought. Just about every entry on Wikipedia.org, the online encyclopedia, invites visitors to fiddle. Is the entry incomplete? Add something. Is it wrong? Correct it. Is it biased? Edit away. That such a remarkably open-door policy has resulted in the biggest (and perhaps best) encyclopedia in the world is a testament to the vision of one man, Jimmy Wales.
- Interview with Jimmy Wales - 11/1/2005
Read on to hear from the founder of Wikipedia!
- Morality and Reality - 3/26/2005
The core belief that social conservatives bring to cases like Terri Schiavo's is that the value of each individual life is intrinsic. The value of a life doesn't depend upon what a person can physically do, experience or achieve. The life of a comatose person or a fetus has the same dignity and worth as the life of a fully functioning adult.
- On Genetic Engineering And Ethics - 12/2/2004
Francis Fukuyama Urges Regulation Of Biomedical Research
- It's Not Just 'Science Fiction' Anymore - 10/27/2004
Press release announcing The Connecticut Forum Event: "The Future of Human Life...and Medical Science "
- Technology and Bioethics: Two Interviews and a Forum - 10/19/2004
An Interview with Francis Fukuyama, PhD and Arthur Caplan, PhD.
- The Legacy of Louis Leakey - 8/7/2003
Marking the Centennial of the Fossil-Hunting Patriarch
- At Dawn, the Columbia - 2/3/2003
Forum Panelist shares thoughts on Columbia tragedy.
- Forum Panelist in the News! Read about Robert Ballard... - 1/16/2003
The Black Sea Yields Ship From Greece in Glory Days
- Research Revolution: Science and the Shaping of Modern Life - 1/1/2003
Because of The Forum's collaborative relationship with public libraries; The Forum is helping Simsbury Public Library spread the word about the "Research Revolution Video Discussion Series"
- Into The Woods With Edward O. Wilson - 9/24/2002
Finding a Wild, Fearsome World Beneath Every Fallen Leaf
- Look! Up in the Sky! - 8/25/2002
- Making Time for a Baby - 4/15/2002
MAKING TIME FOR A BABY...
For years, women have been told they could wait until 40 or later to have babies. But a new book argues that's way too late.
- National woes? Dangle prizes, solutions will follow - 1/21/2002
Our Nation Panelist in the news!
- Funny Thing - 3/31/1997
Observations on The Connecticut Forum’s Cyber Life Symposium
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