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Aside from the "big two" (experts exchange and Mahalo) I actually think the one I'll block first is Wikipedia. Truthfully, I really like Wikipedia as a resourc
by bcrescimanno 16y ago
Aside from the "big two" (experts exchange and Mahalo) I actually think the one I'll block first is Wikipedia. Truthfully, I really like Wikipedia as a resource and love to peruse the information there--but if I want the article from Wikipedia, I'll go to Wikipedia and look it up. If I'm searching google, it's probably for something that's not going to be covered well by Wikipedia anyway.
For example, let's say someone has suggested to me to use the factory pattern to solve a problem in a project and I'm not intimately familiar with that pattern. I search for "Factory design pattern" on Google and notice that the first 2 results are wikipedia results. There's some good, basic boiler plate--but that's not what I need (Ok, what I really need is probably a trusty copy of the "Gang of Four" so maybe it's a bad--or at least contrived example).
- mikexstudios 16y agoI disagree. Having wikipedia results at the top of my google searches has been extremely useful. It's easier to find a wikipedia page through google rather than search on the wikipedia site.
- bcrescimanno 16y agoThat's a fair point; though I generally use Google for, "I want something better than the encyclopedia treatment" on a topic.