By bluerasberry on 2017-04-28
I talk with all sorts of people about Wikipedia. A recurring criticism from people outside the Wikipedia community is that the effective way to produce useful writing is by getting it from professionals and experts in the relevant field. Since Wikipedia accepts content and suggestions from anyone, critics say that Wikipedia must have lower quality […]
Posted in New York City, research, Wikipedia | Tagged police, pop culture, violence
By bluerasberry on 2017-01-07
The Year of Science was a 2016 Wikipedia outreach campaign managed by the Wiki Education Foundation with funding support from the Simons Foundation. The campaign had several goals, including developing science articles on Wikipedia, recruiting scientists as volunteer Wikipedia editors, promoting discussions about the culture and impact of Wikipedia in the scientific community, and integrating […]
Posted in New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged science, Simons Foundation
By bluerasberry on 2016-12-02
Since I have arrived in 2012, Consumer Reports has been in a series of management and operation shakeups related to converting from a primarily paper publication to a primarily digital service. Since moving to New York City to join CR, I have had the experience of meeting other media professionals in NYC whose observations about […]
Posted in computer, Consumer Reports, New York City | Tagged publishing
By bluerasberry on 2016-11-13
Earlier in the year Ann Matsuuchi (wiki user:Mozucat) and Ximena Gallardo (wiki user:Doctorxgc) had done a pilot project in which several of their students developed the Wikipedia article HIV/AIDS in New York City based on source material and insights collected in the Ed Koch Archives. On Thursday 10 November I visited them at their school […]
Posted in education, gay stuff, HIV, New York City, non-profit, research, Wikipedia | Tagged library
By bluerasberry on 2016-11-12
The process elected Trump to be President of the United States on 8 November. Lots of people are publishing reactions. I am from Texas, and because I know the culture there, I always felt that Trump was a respectable candidate from the perspective of my culture of birth. Most of my friends are in Seattle […]
Posted in election, New York City, Seattle | Tagged harassment, politics, president, violence
By bluerasberry on 2016-10-15
I am happy to have been among the organizers for the October 2016 WikiConference North America. I had previously helped to organize the conference in New York and another in DC. It is nice that attendees of the previous conferences and the general Wikipedia community appreciated those conferences enough to give more support for continuing […]
Posted in DC, New York City, non-profit, San Diego, service industry, Wikipedia | Tagged conference, management
By bluerasberry on 2016-08-13
I attended the 2016 Hackers on Planet Earth conference, which was in late July 2016. At the beginning of August, it was my turn to give a speech at my Toastmasters club, and I choose to share a story that I learned at the conference. Toastmasters is a nonprofit organization which helps to organize local, […]
Posted in computer, New York City | Tagged Hackers on Planet Earth, privacy, Toastmasters, Tor
By bluerasberry on 2016-08-10
Sometimes people ask about particular Wikipedia community projects and want to use the precedent as a model for their own project. For example, in New York there are various projects including Wikipedia editing events at libraries, museums, nonprofit organizations, and other community centers. A project typically includes a group of community volunteers working with experts […]
Posted in New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged management, meetup
By bluerasberry on 2016-04-29
I think that the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) is mostly the best museum in the world. It is called an art museum, but like the British Museum or the Louvre, I think of it as a museum presenting the history of various cultures in art objects. When I think of art, I usually […]
Posted in Dhaka, New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Museum of Bangladesh, Richard Knipel