Fast Company magazine calls Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia, "Google’s worst nightmare."  The reason is simple, he believes that there is a better way to do what Google (and Yahoo, Ask.com etc) do.  He is not to first to think this but he is unique in his approach. The fascinating thing is that he doesn’t know…

Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales, the founder of the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is all Google-eyed.  He believes that there is a better way to do online searching.  So he has started Wikia, "a collection of communities with websites that you can edit."  He figures that the open source approach that allowed him to take down the…

A blog and a book… Look who was just published…thepostmodernegro! If you’ve never checked out Anthony Smith’s blog he’s worth reading (though I wished he wrote more often…daily would be nice).  He can be found at Musings of a Postmodern Negro. This innovative thinker is now a published author. He wrote a chapter in a…

This Friday I’ll be in Harrisburg, PA speaking at the Atlantic Conference for the Brethren in Christ.  This group of Christians desire to transform their communities with Christ.  The conference is called, "Taking It To The Streets."  A phrase I use a lot as well for I believe that church is what happens when you…

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