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I moved my blog over to WPEngine recently. Why? Read on. I started blogging about 375,000 words ago (about three full-length novels… crikey). At first, I was on a subdomain of WordPress.com, mostly because a) it was free and b) I had no intention of ever
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It's been six weeks since Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales took to Twitter to announce that his organization would be removing its domain name registrations from GoDaddy over what was then the latter's public support for SOPA. Yet as of today, www.wikipedia
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Jonathan Alter in Bloomberg View on campaign finance reform The 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision by the Supreme Court, which declared money a form of speech in elections, has quickly become "explosive." "Instead of sitting aro
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Jimmy Wales co-founded free online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia in 2001. By 2006, Time magazine had named him in its list of the world’s most influential people and today, Wikipedia is the largest information resource on the web (ranking 6th globally). Cambr
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Jimmy Wales co-founded free online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia in 2001. By 2006, Time magazine had named him in its list of the world’s most influential people and today, Wikipedia is the largest information resource on the web (ranking 6th globally). Cambr
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Mark Zuckerberg would have faced unproductive resentment for his success on the other side of the Atlantic, BORIS JOHNSON writes Of all the appalling confessions I have made on these pages, what follows is perhaps the most damaging. I have never used Fac
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Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, and Kat Walsh are members of the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees. It’s easy to frame the fight over SOPA and PIPA as Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley — two huge industries clashing over whose voice should dictate
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Ed Goldman, president of Goldman Communications Inc. , is a Sacramento writer and marketing consultant. “Don’t be sneaky,” says Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. That's his advice to public relations people who try to get client messages onto the open-co
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Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 At the Wikimedia conference, Jimmy Wales had sought more contribution from local Indian languages. Now, ... Post your opinion here At th
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We really have to wonder when the message of is going to sink in. On January 18, millions of Internet users spoke out together in one of the most profound and effective uses of technology to organize political opposition in U.S. history, sending a clear
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Who's really controlling the agenda on copyrights, infringement, and anti-piracy? That would be Wikipedia, Google, and its pals, according to a biting critique by RIAA president Cary Sherman. In a New York Times op-ed published this morning, Sherman call
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“Tony and Jimmy have made history by changing the way people shop and search for information online,” said Jesse Draper, host and producer of “The Valley Girl Show.” This week Jesse Draper, host and producer of “The Valley Girl Show,” sits down with Jimm
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Wikipedia founder and internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales discusses his passion for the free access to the “sum of all human knowledge,” and the lengths to which Wikipedia influences the world. Founder Jimmy Wales describes Wikipedia as a neutral place for
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Among the wonders of the Internet, Wikipedia occupies a special place. From its birth 11 years ago it has professed, and has tried reasonably hard to practice, a kind of idealism that stands out in the vaguely, artificially countercultural ambience of Si
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In a speech on Tuesday, Wales told the Hult International Business School that you have to be willing to make mistakes to build anything of value. "The way I got here is through failure," Wales said. "For a lot of my projects I should have quit a lot soo
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales delivered an inspirational speech to 600 attendees at Hult International Business School's San Francisco campus, revealing how companies around the world are adopting the open-source technology that made his free encyclopedi
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Browse our custom packages or build your own to meet your unique communications needs. Learn to navigate the world's financial system and profit from leading companies. Register for Investor Uprising, the people's investment site, for a free weekly newsl
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M. Wales a annoncé aux étudiants de Hult que sa réussite a son origine dans ses premiers échecs.
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“There are two main schools of thought on this: that the internet’s inherently democratic potential is yet to be realised (cosmopolis theory or the cosmopolitan interpretation), or that its innate undemocratic nature is taking effect (the citadel theory
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales delivered an inspirational speech to 600 attendees at Hult International Business School( http://www.hult.edu )'s San Francisco campus, revealing how companies around the worl
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Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur known for his role in the creation of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia launched in 2001. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, holding the board-appointed "community founder" seat. In 2004, he co-founded Wikia, a privately... Full Article
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MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 24: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 24, 2012 in Munich, Germany. ence and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation...
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COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Hult International Business School, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, speaks at Hult International Business School's Executive Speaker Series in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
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LONDON - NOVEMBER 01: Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference on November 01, 2011 in London, England. The conference, which is being attended by representatives of 60 nations, is due to address rising levels of cybercrime...
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US Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London November 1, 2011. Government officials, tech firms, NGOs, bloggers and security experts from more than 60 countries are at the two-day talks in...
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales gestures during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London November 1, 2011. Britain rejected calls from China and Russia for greater Internet controls on Tuesday at the opening of a major cyberspace conference but was criticised for...
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Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: (L-R) Jimmy Wales of Wikimedia, Inc. , Nathan Eagle of TXT Eagle, Alex Pentland of MIT, Human Dynamics Lab, Media Lab, Matthew Bishop of the Economist, Jeffrey Friedberg of Microsoft, Michael Hansen of Elsevier Health Sciences, and Stephen Wolfram of Wolfram Research...
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: (L-R) Jimmy Wales of Wikimedia, Inc. , Nathan Eagle of TXT Eagle, and Alex Pentland of MIT, Human Dynamics Lab, Media Lab attend The Louise Blouin Foundation Presents The Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit - Day 1 at the Metropolitan Club on September...
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 21: Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales sits during during a plenary session at the President's Conference June 21, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Shakira, a UN Goodwill Ambassador, kicked off the conference promoting childrens Education.
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, attends the eG8 forum in Paris, May 24, 2011. The eG8 forum gathered "leaders of the Internet" to consider and discuss the future of the Internet and society.
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Internet Wilkipedia founder, Jimmy Wales leaves the Elysee Palace after a lunch opening the e-G8 Forum, in Paris. The two-day gathering is bringing together Internet and media world gurus like Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, and...
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FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011 file photo, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London. Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, to protest anti-piracy legislation...
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Jane Rose, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Stanford University's Paul Romer, Craig Hatkoff and Tribeca's Jennifer Maguire Isham attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On...
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Jane Rose, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Paul Romer of Stanford University and Dr. Kenneth Gabriel of DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on...
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales speaks at the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York City.
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Wikipedia webpage in use on a laptop computer is seen in this photo illustration taken in Washington, January 17, 2012. Wikipedia, the popular community-edited online encyclopedia, will black out its English-language site for 24 hours to seek support against proposed U.S. anti-piracy...
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The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is viewed on January 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours beginning at midnight eastern standard time in protest at draft anti-online piracy legislation before the US Congress, founder Jimmy Wales...
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A journalist reads information on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on Jauary 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours beginning at midnight eastern standard time in protest at draft anti-online piracy legislation before the US...
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Paul Romer of Stanford University and Craig Hatkoff attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York...
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales and Craig Hatkoff attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York City.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 21: In this handout image provided by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli President Shimon Peres meets singer and UNICEF Goodwill ambassador Shakira on June 21, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Peres will hold a press conference with pop star Shakira to...
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MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 24: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 24, 2012 in Munich, Germany. ence and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation...
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