Ten More Wikipedia Hacks

About a month ago I blogged about (Some prefer I call these tips.) Here are 10 more I've unearthed since then... 1) Subscribe to The Wikipedia Signpost Wikipedia's been in the news quite a lot lately. And since they're one of the most dominant forces in Internet-driven change, you may feel a need like I do to keep up with their latest developments. While it's easy to use Google News to create an RSS search feed, there's another resource that's worth reading: hereWikipedia bookmarklets that you can add to your browser that are quite handy. I couldn't get these to work, but I am sure some javascript jockey will have no problem at all fixing these. However, if you scour the web you will find many more. For example, drag one to your bookmark bar to make Wikipedia more readable. 3) Listen to the Audible Wikipedia Many of Wikipedia's articles have been converted into spoken word format. You can find them OGG format. There's a downloadable version of Wikipedia that you can access on many offline or web-enabled mobile devices, including Pocket PCs and Palms. It comes in TomeRaider format. You can find instructions on how to get the files and the updates Lexipedia, an abridged version. this page, there are 349 million Wikipedia pages in Google. In addition, as you can see from 6) Mash Up Wikipedia, Flickr with Wikr BlinkBits has a cool tool called this link to your toolbar. Then highlight any word on a web page and click it. The result is a nice page an RSS feed. 7) Track Wikipedia Articles with BlinkBits RSS Feed While I am on the subject of hosting RSS feeds for literally millions of Wikipedia articles. Just search for an article on a feed you can use to track the ever popular podcasting article. 8) Juice Up Your Wikipedia Experience with Greasemonkey I recently started using Wikipedia Greasemonkey scripts. However, my favorite is the AniWiki. 9) Unencyclopedia If you ever get fed up with Wikipedia, check out Superman's Bizarro. 10) Download the Wikipedia Lookup Firefox Extension Last but not least, if you're a huge Wikpedia fan, go download the special Steve Rubel is a PR strategist with nearly 16 years of public relations, marketing, journalism and communications experience. He currently serves as a Edelman, the largest independent global PR firm.

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