Pages tagged “chris anderson”

Did Wired Editor Chris Anderson Plagiarize Wikipedia for His Upcoming Book?

One of the very first things high school students learn nowadays is that Wikipedia should never, ever be considered a legitimate source for research. Maybe Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson was in high school before Wikipedia was a big thing, but at some point down the line, he should have gotten the speech about how plagiarism is wrong. If he did, according to some recent reports, it seems like it maybe didn't stick. Or, maybe he just got really caught up in the topic he was writing on. In his forthcoming book, Free: The Future of Radical Price, about the business...  read more

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10 Writers to Follow on Twitter

Yeah, I know, everybody's an author. Novelists, screenwriters, journalists, self-help gurus and social marketing experts all filling the void with words. But these 10 folks have a way with them, whether using 10 or 10,000....  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day