links for 2007-05-13

• We need better statistics… « Scobleizer
  With the rise in embedded widgets, plus discrepencies in online measurement tools, who can you believe?
  (tags: online metrics)
• Encyclopedia of Life: Better Than Wikipedia?
  An interesting idea (Wikipedia for natural sciences) some good links to alternatives in the comments
  (tags: research wikipedia opensource web2.0)
• Epidemix » Why Does Wikipedia Suck on Science?
  A well constructed article, tons of comments, and a good follow up blog post
  (tags: collective expert science wikipedia)
• A VC: I’d Just Rather Reply To The Email
  The practical use for LinkedIn – finding a contact and intermediary and then building the relationship the oldfashioned way
  (tags: linkedin relationship email building)
• Intellect: The industry view – a blog from computing.co.uk
  Launch of new professional body – Institute of Knowledge Transfer
  (tags: knowledgemanagement transfer exchange hei innovation support)
• IKT – Institute of Knowledge Transfer
  (tags: knowledgemanagement knowledge transfer)
• IWR Blog – information industry insight from www.iwr.co.uk – Individual Archives
  Innovate!Europe 2007 – 30 startups presenting – one to look out for next year
  (tags: innovation europe startups)
• Web 2.0 University – Premier Education Solutions
  (tags: business conference conferences education elearning enterprise2.0 learning web2.0 university)
• Mozilla CEO speaks out on future of Firefox | APC Magazine
  Huge interview (in 12 parts)
  (tags: browser business ceo entrepreneur firefox future opensource interview mozilla)
• VentureBeat » Getting in to college
  Knowledge transfer/exchange/startups etc and working with Universities
  (tags: knowledgemanagement exploitation exchange innovation university startups spinout entrepreneurship entrepreneur)
• VentureBeat » LinkedIn lets you see who is viewing your profile — sort of
  (tags: linkedin profile business networking socialnetworking)
• The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » Explained: VC target returns
  Simple overview on the VC perspective on a ‘good deal well done’
  (tags: vc venturecapital investments returns business)
• Anything Under the Sun Made By Man – Patent Weblog by Russ Krajec
  Thoughts on going solo as a patent attorney, but holds for any entrepreneurial consultancy start-up
  (tags: entrepreneurship enterprise2.0 entrepreneur startups innovation business)
• The Managers Club » Blog Archive » Badger or Bust for the Sales Team
  Excellent side ground reading of the recent Sky One TV programme ‘Badger or Bust’
  (tags: sale marketing business tv comment entertainment)
• alarm:clock euro: Belgium’s Web 2.0 Contenders
  Big things can come from little countries
  (tags: business innovation startups europe enterprise2.0)
• Phil Windley’s Technometria | Prabhakar Raghavan on Science for Engaging and Monetizing Audience
  Very thoughtful about meta-data and attention
  (tags: community metadata research search social web2.0 folksonomy yahoo collaboration)
• A VC: (Over) Counting Widgets
  How many are there, how many being used, and what does it mean? No answers but some approaches in the comments
  (tags: advertising ajax analysis analytics data gadgets statistics widgets metrics)
• The Appeal of User Generated Gaming
  (tags: games gaming usergenerated community social socialnetwork)
• Singapore Entrepreneurs ~ Venture Capital Funding in Singapore » Blog Archive » An interview with Choon Keat, creator of SharedCopy.com
  Collaborative tagging and annotating web pages from a stored cache
  (tags: collaboration web2.0 singapore startups innovation online)
• MissionMaker
  User generated games site, for educational purposes
  (tags: games education learning usergeneratedcontent online)
• alarm:clock euro: French Dealmakers Outdo Brits
  (tags: vc venturecapital startups innovation investments europe)
• Connecting Bristol – Meeting the Digital Challenge » mscapers website launched
  (tags: mediascapes hp china)