Announcing My New Web2.0 Project: Connections

I’m very happy to announce the launch of Connections, my first real foray into Web 2.0 territory. Connections is a user-editable website which is broken down into three levels: themes, objects, and connections. A theme is an overarching category. Some examples of possible themes: Outer Space, Countries of the World, Languages of the World, Celebrities, Video Games, Genres of Music, and so on. The objects in a theme are simply things which fall into that category: the Outer Space theme would include various stars and planets and comets, the Languages theme would include various languages, Genres of Music would include rock and roll and hiphop and jazz and so on. But the real meat and potatoes, what sets the webpage apart from anything that’s come before: Connections. For any two objects in a theme, you can author a Connection, which tells how the objects relate to each other.

It’s kind of like Wikipedia, but instead of focusing on one topic, the focus is on comparing, contrasting, and relating two objects together. Connections will not have, say, an article on Toyota: there’s no need, other websites already have that covered. But what Connections will have is, pages comparing and contrasting Toyota with Honda, Ford, Subaru, and so on. Thus, the Connections reader takes a step back from the individual trees, to survey the forest itself.

Without further ado: Connections, the New Web 2.0 Star

For now, I’ve added an interesting theme to illustrate the concept: Connections Between Different Branches of Mathematics. I’d love to hear feedback on the general style and appearance of the site!

Update: Editing is now open to the public! Right now, all edits are “Anonymous”, until I put in machinery for creating usernames.

Standby for further announcements

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