Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia on January 31st
January 23, 2007 by Fred
Following up Cory Doctorow, next Wednesday we’ll be hosting Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. The lecture will be held during a class of Evan Korth’s Computer’s and Society course and is also co-sponsored by NYU’s ACM and NYU’s WinC chapters.
Jimmy will be giving a talk entitled “Free culture, transparency, and search.” Read more about Jimmy on his Wikipedia entry here.
We’re extremely lucky to have Jimmy and expect to have a full house, so please arrive early in order to ensure you get a seat.
Here are the full details:
Jimmy Wales
Owner, Wikia, Inc.; Founder, Wikipedia; President, Wikimedia Foundation
“Free culture, Transparency, and Search”
Wednesday, January 31st @ 3:30pm - 5pm
Courant Institute,
251 Mercer Street, Room 109
Free and open to the public.
UPDATE: Fixed the dates, Jimmy’s here on the 31st. Thanks Nile!
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