About this product: Vision is one of the most powerful forms of long-term thinking. Jimmy Wales, founder and president of the all-embracing online encyclopedia Wikipedia, examines how vision drives and defines that project and its strategy - and how it fits into the even larger world and prospects of free culture.
The design of Wikipedia, said its founder and president Jimmy Wales, is the design of community.
When Wikipedia was started in 2001, all of its technology and software elements had been around since 1995. Its innovation was entirely social - free licensing of content, neutral point of view, and total openness to participants, especially new ones. The core engine of Wikipedia, as a result, is a community of thoughtful users, a few hundred volunteers who know each other and work to guarantee the quality and integrity of the work.
About this product: A conversation with author Nicholson Baker about his book Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization. || A discussion about Gorilla murders in Africa's Virunga National Park with Dr. Emmanuel de Merode, Brent Stirton and Godefroid Wambale. Mountain gorillas are an endangered species with some 700 alive. Nearly half of these animals live in Virunga National Park which borders Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The gorillas are caught in the middle of the Congo's ongoing civil war between militia groups and the Congolese Army. This month's National Geographic magazine, along with a companion documentary uncovers the question: "Who murdered the mountain gorillas?"
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About this product: This 3-hrs long sensational documentary "Download: The True Story of the Internet," produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Discovery Channel, includes four films: (1) Browser Wars; (2) Search; (3) Bubble; (4) People Power. ***Meet real people behind virtual names such Google, Amazon, Ebay, YouTube, YourSpace, etc. ***Witness the backroom clashes that sparked a cultural and commercial revolution in "Download: The True Story of the Internet." From the founders of eBay, Yahoo, Amazon, Netscape, Google and other powerbrokers, experience amazing stories of how the Internet took control of our lives in 10 short years. Watch these pioneers tell how they went from geeky nerds to 21st-century visionaries in the time it takes most people to get their first promotion. Hear straight from the people who started it all, through stories that have the makings of a best-selling thriller. Learn how upstart 20-year-olds launched a revolution from Silicon Valley and become overnight billionaires as this hi-tech series reveals the technological, cultural, social and commercial revolution of the internet. (1) BROWSER WARS is focused on history and development of Netscape and Microsoft; (2) SEARCH tells about emergence of Yahoo, Excite, Google, etc; (3) BUBBLE is focused on creation and development of Amazon, Ebay, and other dot-comers; (4) PEOPLE POWER introduces to communication technologies and the history of its pioneers such as Napster, YouTube, YourSpace, etc. 2008.
About this product: First, Antonio Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, discusses the growing crisis of Iraqis fleeing their country, the situation in Sudan, and the status of refugees around the world. || Next, A conversation about Wikipedia, web technology, and the future of search with Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia. || Finally, Erica Wagner, literary editor of The Times of London, discusses her first novel, "Seizure".
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About this product: A conversation with John Harwood and Jerry Seib about their book Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles In Backroom Power.|| A conversation with author Jonathan Zittrain about his book The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It. This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
About this product: This unique old time radio DVD collectible features 29 digitized reels of classic Terry and the Pirates radio broadcasts and over 6 hours 57 minutes of total running time on 1 DVD. Take a journey back through radio broadcasting history with this large audio library of OTR memorabilia. The golden age of old time radio has been rescued, digitized, and packaged into a gift set that any classic radio lover can appreciate. The DVD opens and plays in a computer DVD drive and the collector can listen to the audio on a MP3 player, DVD/MP3-compatible car stereo, computer, MP3-compatible DVD player, or just compile favorites onto CD for greater user flexibility.
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