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		<title>New community functions for better communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In July 2011 we have introduced three major new functions to improve the communication between the users of the explain engine. From now on: You can leave public messages in each other’s “Speakers’ corner” to start a group discussion. You can write private messages using “Chinese whispers”. You can configure your own automatic notifications with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twickit wins international Augmented Reality Championship and German Social Media Prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 has been quite amazing for Twick.it.: The explain engine won an international augmented reality competition, earned second place in the German Social Media Prize and launched a podcast for definitions under Creative Commons licence in cooperation with the German Wikimedia foundation. Here you can find links to the official announcements. If you need further [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twick.it/blog/en/twickit-wins-international-augmented-reality-championship-and-german-social-media-prize/</link>
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		<title>Webciety CeBIT 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twickit presentation on the Webciety stage at CeBIT 2010 Twick.it hit the big stage. At least 150 people were listening to our vision of a universally accessible social glossary which we presented on the stage at the . Not to mention the people watching the lifestream on the internet. After the presentation (which failed spectacularly) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is an explanation?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Definition of explanation As Twick.it calls itself an – you will expect a convincing answer to the question: “What is an explanation?” I say: An explanation enlightens the listener. It clarifies something by stating the relevant facts. Logical, consistent, sensible – and straight to the point. On the other hand an explanation is interpretation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wikwik.it – Wikipedia in short</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twick.it is the original When we started Twick.it – we had a vision: to create a collaborative encyclopaedia such as which would be as easy to use and straight to the point as . This is how we found the name: Twitter + Wikipedia = Twick.it. Of course we researched thoroughly that no similar tool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twick.it Tool Tip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An answer to every question Who are the ? What does stand for? What is the meaning of the abbreviation ? Many bloggers and writers use specialist terms and acronyms or cite names their readers have never heard of. They sometimes link to an external website which offers more information. The disadvantage of hyperlinks is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Principles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Knowledge is based on consent. Sharing knowledge makes sense. Knowledge is dynamical not set. A short explanation is often more helpful than an overload of information. Diversity is better than dogma. The wisdom of the many produces better explanations than the knowledge of a single expert. Quality and quantity are no opposites. There is no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twick.it/blog/en/twickit-principles/</link>
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		<title>Twick.it is not&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twick.it is not a scientific encyclopedia such as Britannica, Wikipedia or Encyclopedia of Life – but an interactive, informative and entertaining explain engine. Twick.it is not a classical search engine like Google, Bing or Evri which uses bots to automatically index the web – but a knowledge data base filled and valuated by humans. Twick.it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Twick.it story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The true story of the explain engine Soon there will be numerous legends concerning Twick.it – and while Markus and I have no objections to being worshiped – the true story of the explain engine is quite short, simple and a little silly, too. Colleagues with mutual interests Markus and I have met in an [...]]]></description>
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