Wiki, wiki, what, what!?

Some of you may have heard about this little user-generated content site called Wikipedia. I was madly in love from the first search.

Now granted, you never know who is authoring these entries. I once saw an entry that claimed former first lady Laura Bush aborted babies for fun on the weekends. While not a fan of the entire Bush clan, I kinda doubted the validity of that one. There is a system of checks and balances to verify data, so that particular page didn't last long, sadly.

I even wrote a wiki once for a former client.

I recently found a new love. I don't feel it's cheating, because it's yet another wiki ... so as long as you keep it in the family, right?

It's called Wikimedia Commons and it's a file sharing site, which is the shit. You may not know why now, but trust me, the shit it is. Why just this week I was crafting a little video for the DOT and thought to myself, "Self, what this needs is a touch of Vivaldi."

Enter Wikimedia Commons. Not only did I download a copywrite-free version of "Spring" but I also snatched some Mozart, Bach and Beethoven, all of which will be featured in a future video of my creation.

I know. It's sugar, isn't it?

Yeah, life sucked before the Internet.

Citizens unite!

Just Ask a Woman founder and CEO Mary Lou Quinlan mentioned the “rise of the citizen researcher”—the phenomenon that women are expected to have answers for everything and turn to the Web for assistance. Because of this, women seek sites they can trust.

That's right, we know EVERYTHING!