My Name is Knol
So, the Official Google Blog is Encouraging people to contribute knowledge to the Internet by creating what will hitherto be referred to as knols. The big selling point for this shiny new thing is author recognition. I have the same name as an author and playwright that is moderately famous. I actually wrote him to ask about maybe obtaining the URL that is my name when he is done using it. He changed the subject to politics and music. He is one of those Baby Boomers that treats his web presence like something obligatory rather than his primary vehicle. I somehow doubt that he will be contributing any knols.
I don’t think I will be either. I am not an expert on anything. I think a lot of knolwriters in the near future will not be experts. The benefits of being an expert have been drawing boring and dim human beings to the field of expertise ever since the days of Egyptology, and probably before that.
