http://gasperson.com tech journalist Tina Gasperson Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://gasperson.com/2006/03/average-joe-makes-a-wiki/ http://gasperson.com/2006/03/average-joe-makes-a-wiki/#comments Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:56:28 +0000 tina http://69.89.31.194/~gasperson/?p=12 Joe Brooks is your average 23-year-old capitalist and sick freak (a.k.a., fan of conservative radio talk show host Glenn Beck). He’s not a geek, but he believes free software is a “great way to create software that the average Joe can use.” Brooks proved that point recently, after becoming disgruntled with Wikipedia administrators who kept reverting posts made by Brooks and other Beck fans at the popular community encyclopedia Web site. Brooks, an open source neophyte, downloaded Mediawiki software, configured it, and started his own site called Glennpedia. Read more at Newsforge.com.

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