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Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled "a ragtag band of volunteers," gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished online encyclopedia.
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales, född 7 augusti 1966 i Huntsville, Alabama, [20] är en amerikansk-brittisk [21] internet entreprenör, mest känd som medgrundare av och talesman för det användargenererade uppslagsverket Wikipedia.
Jimmy Wales. Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, continues on in the Wikimedia movement as a member of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees, 20 years after he first orchestrated Wikipedia’s debut on the internet. He also continues to inspire people across the Wikimedia movement, as with his talks at Wikimedia events and his personal ...
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales ( / ˈdoʊnəl ˈweɪlz /; born August 7, 1966 [3]) is an American-born British Internet entrepreneur. He is one of the people who started Wikipedia and Wikia. [4] [5] Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. There, he went to Randolph School. He then earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance.
Jun 27, 2013 · Type “Jimmy Wales” into Google and “net worth” is the first pre-emptive search to pop up. “Everyone makes fun of Jimmy for leaving the money on the table,” says Sue Gardner, the ...
Internet Hall of Fame Innovator, 2012-2013 Advisory Board Member. Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia, a free Internet encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute. Also the world’s largest encyclopedia, it has become the fifth-largest website in the world and its popularity has helped fuel a trend of collaboration and sharing among users. In 2003 ...
But my courage, if it is courage, is nothing compared to the courage of those who are really risking life and limb to speak truth to power. Let us take a moment today to honor them. By Jimmy Wales Posted in sopa, Uncategorized. 22. Aug192009.
