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...Here's how it works. ManyOne is a platform for people and organizations to build portals ("doorways" of information on specific topics) quickly and inexpensively. It runs the software and the financial infrastructure so users can focus on creating content. Digital Universe's commercial-free portals may include large universal topics such as the Arctic, Human Rights, the Cosmos, until the entire treasure trove of human knowledge is "portalized." Within each portal will be links to vetted articles, websites and news items. The platform is set up to be browser-neutral, which means it's compatible with any computer, even...
...What makes this massive undertaking significant is that all this information will be overseen by paid experts (known as "stewards") to ensure accuracy, and each portal will be contextualized in relation to other portals. For example, the expert of the Ocean portal can grant editorial control to a steward for the Reef Portal, then in turn the Fish Portal, then the Shark Portal, The Angel Fish Portal, and so on. "The editorial network builds itself, like a tree, so it grows organically and exponentially, with editors choosing editors," says Firmage, 36. "It creates a global editorial room allowing for checks...
...Saundry oversaw the launch of the Earth Portal in April, which he says provides for a "visible" community of scientists from around the world, who back their words with their names and reputations. Evolving each day, this portal now has 700 approved experts from some 46 countries contributing to its "Encyclopedia of Earth...
...best example of the trend is Father Marcelo Rossi, a charismatic and media-savvy priest who has sold millions of CDs featuring songs like "Clapping for Jesus," "Raise Your Hands" and the "Jesus Twist." Rossi has a daily radio show, two weekly TV shows and a busy web portal, and he hosts regular concerts-cum-shows at which thousands of young fans dance to his catchy gospel pop. He once attracted 2.4 million fans to an appearance in Sao Paulo, and his draw is such that he has been invited to give a live performance immediately after Benedict XVI says...
...weeks ago, Harvard students had reason to rejoice: they would rarely if ever have to use the University’s shoddy Web portal, my.harvard.edu, again. Thanks to CrimsonConnect.com, a new Web portal co-founded by Tom D. Hadfield ’08 and Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10, students would be able to read their e-mail, find out the weather, check campus events and happenings, scope out the dining hall’s menu, and access their course Web pages—among other things—all at one beautiful, easily customizable portal. Students would...