Pascal Van Hecke – Daily Links

Funny posting by Ron Tolido on how we overestimate the "generative power" of Web2.0 tools.
In the end it all boils down to people with ideas and inspiration. That use tools to amplify them.

Firefox extension that puts a green pencil icon wiki.png in the address bar to indicate a web page is editable.
The idea originates from 2007, was adopted by 20 wiki providers in June, 2008 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wiki_universal_edit_button.php

Summary of a (Google Tech) talk by Joel Spolsky on the social design of StackOverFlow

American author compares US versus EU (Dutch) social system from first-hand experience.
Long read but worth it.
"in talking both with American expats and with experts in the Dutch system, I hear the same thing over and over: American perceptions of European-style social welfare are seriously skewed"