links for 2008-01-08

Michael Arrington trashes the alpha launch of Wikia Search, the ‘human powered search engine’.

Mashable’s view on Wikia Search

A more positive view of Wikia Search from Matt Mullenweg

After the recent discussion about Ning and porn, it looks like educators are taking up Ning in significant numbers.

Great extension for FireFox that runs Twitter in a sidebar. Thanks to Jeremy Gould for the tip.

The Arts Council has announced that Dedalus, which was to celebrate 25 years of publishing later this year, is to lose its funding from January. The campaign to save the publishers starts here!

Proof (as if it were required!) that Jeremy Clarkson is indeed a twat.

The key to using Google Docs (GDocs) document editing effectively is to understand that it’s a web word processor rather than an outright replacement for full-featured desktop word processors like Microsoft Word.

“When you launch a new search engine, admitting defeat at the outset isn’t exactly a promising start. Jimmy Wales founder of Wikia Search–which launches today–did just that.”