[Air-L] A "New" Type of Wiki to Advance the Common Good

[Jeff Mascornick]

Hello, 
 
The Meyer Memorial Trust  in Portland, OR has taken advantage of the fact 
that the Portland area is a computer geek nexus and has worked to help create 
connec+ipedia – http://connectipedia.org - 
which is “a shared learning community for anyone interested in advancing the 
knowledge and efforts of those working for the common good.” It is like a wiki 
because all members can contribute to the content, but it goes beyond a wiki by 
providing a dynamic and revolutionary way to create connections toward advancing 
the “common good.” 
 
The (open-source) software used to create it – Wagn – is 
describe on the Wagn website - http://wagn.org/wagn/Wagn.org - as “a 
wiki you query, an on-the-fly community database, a 
templating system, an application 
platform, and a playground .... all in 
one.”
 
This 
resource has a tremendous amount of potential – but 
that potential can only be realized by the degree that people working toward the 
common good use it. So, I hope you will 
check out http://connectipedia.org and 
pass the information on to others who may be interested. 


Jeff 
Mascornick