On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Rick wrote:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/18/1079199302793.html
"John Dalton recommends kuro5hin for on the ground insights into what's happening in Spain. He also recommends wikipedia on Madrid attacks: "The quality of this article is really opening my eyes to the power of collaborative media."
On a related note, there was an AP wire story this morning about the death of print encyclopedias. Even the CD-ROM encyclopedias are falling on hard times, according to this article by May Wong.
The article mentions two reasons why the Web is considered a better resource: 1. Google's usefulness, & 2. Multimedia -- this article concludes with a quote from the president of the Associatino for Library Service to Children: "Kids can hear and see Martin Luther King deliver his 'I have a Dream' speech, and there's nothing in a book that can do that."
I guess my lack of skills with Multimedia make me the 21st cnetury equivalent of a buggy whip manufacturer. ;-)
Geoff