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Brainify Marketing Class Project - The Carob Tree

2009-01-12T16:52:02-05:00

A really cool project by a number of MBA students who chose Brainify to market. One of the group members, Narayan Sainaney, is head architect for Brainify.

Stephen Downes Article on Brainify

2009-01-12T16:47:06-05:00

Brief intro in response to the note I sent him. Was posted in December, 2008

Sagaciously Blog about Brainify

2009-01-12T16:45:12-05:00

I am not sure who writes this Blog - but they speak briefly about Brainify in the context of the high cost of textbooks.

Instructor use of Brainify - Tony Bates' Blog

2009-01-11T16:56:44-05:00

Here is an article Tony Kindly invited me to write. It introduces how Brainify can be used by instructors to allow you, and your students, to share, discuss and rate websites that are relevant to your course.

Brainify Blog: Earning Reputation Points

2008-11-26T17:56:06-05:00

Reputation points are central to the idea of PCO (pseudo community ownership). This blog entry talks about the mechanics of how points are accumulated. Please note that the mechanism will change over time and I will try to keep the blog up to date. But it was correct (modulo any unintentional errors) at the time of writing.

Brainify Blog: How Might You Benefit from PCO?

2008-11-26T17:53:46-05:00

If Brainify is ever sold, we intend to distribute a portion of the proceeds to the community of member according to reputation. This blog posting gives the basics of what we intend to do in this regard.

Brainify Blog: A Strong Focus on Reputation

2008-11-26T17:50:04-05:00

Reputation is important in Brainify and Brainify keeps very close track of each member's reputation. This blog entry talks about why we care so much about reputation and its connection to PCO (pseudo community ownership)

Brainify Blog: The Philosophy of Pseudo Community-Ownership (PCO)

2008-11-26T17:43:50-05:00

This blog entry talks about why we intend to share a portion of the proceeds of sale with community members (if Brainify is ever sold).

Brainify Blog: The Academic World in One Site

2008-11-26T17:40:59-05:00

This is a blog entry that talks about one of the key components of Brainify - the taxonomy. This feature presents a hierarchy of academic topics - each one possibly containing bookmarks, subtopics, questions, etc. It is a key feature of the site and also a pretty big experiment - one that if it works could be incredibly useful.

Brainify Blog: Why do I Think Brainify is Important?

2008-11-26T17:38:08-05:00

This blog entry talks about the main two components of Brainify - social academic bookmarking and the establishment of a global student academic community.