Nevermind Avatar. Forget James Cameron. Most of all, who needs a 300+ million dollar budget?
Not Aggie80 who attended Answers Summit 2009, nor Xanthotrichious, his partner in wiki (and daughter). The duo presents us with their short film portraying the battle of the WikiAnswers ninjas and pirates. Must see for yourself!
We welcome Mike 2 back again to write about the Answers Summit. As you can gather below, a great time was had by all!
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The Answers Summit, by Mike 2
The Answers Summit was just brill
To come from England was such a thrillPirates and Ninjas were out in force
Wikiholics are we, it was par for the courseLikeminded people who care for the site
The Georgia Aquarium was a brilliant nightBruce took the mike, he sang Mack the Knife
Better singing I’ve never heard in my lifeTo get to the Summit, it was such a pleasure
Meeting my friends is something I’ll treasure
Day 2 of the Answers Summit featured two workshops, a panel on answer quality, an Orange Guy competition and an awards ceremony.
How do you capture all that activity in a summary? Maybe you don’t even try… But these photos from Pickleshy, Eliesheva and YourMom1108 can begin to describe the excitement, the inspiration and the fun we had at today’s events.
The rest of this week we will feature more highlights from the Summit… Meanwhile, check out the photos being posted at the Answers.com Ning fan site.
A panel on answers quality.
Sameer from the Cyberbullying Research Center.
Listen up!
A Knowledge Ninja in the ‘flesh.’
Real-time collaboration!
Even more real-time collaboration!
A wall of interpretations.
JonDov and Brave3 have a laugh.
Farmer and his orange matter…
Orange Guys come alive.
Everyone’s a winner when it comes to Orange.
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Here are a few of the highlights: Adam’s fashion statement, Bob’s keynote, and… Bruce’s song.
Myrab51, PBramwell, MGDragonfly and Zanbabe strike their pirate pose…
On Day 1 of the Answers Summit, our group of wiki-folk went back to school… schools of fish, that is. The Georgia Aquarium, a four-year-old tribute to the deep end, hosted the Summit participants with a tour and dinner.
Some fun facts about the aquarium:
The Georgia Aquarium contains between 100,000 and 120,000 fish and other sea creatures, representing more than five hundred species. On June 14, 2005, the total number of specimens was unveiled after having previously being reported as “over 55,000″.
The aquarium’s most famous specimens were four young whale sharks from Taiwan named Ralph, Norton, Alice and Trixie, after the primary characters from The Honeymooners.
The aquarium encompasses 550,000 square feet of covered space and includes 328 tons of acrylic windows, 290 plumbing fixtures, 200 floor drains, 53 roof tops, 61 miles of wires and pipes and 100,000 yards of concrete in the structure. It holds 8,000,000 US gallons of fresh and salt water and houses more than 100,000 fish and animals.
Photo credit: Pickleshy and Monica Garrett.
Day 1 of the Answers Summit has come and gone, and it was jam-packed with putting usernames to faces, orange guy poses and of course, pirates and ninjas.
There are plenty of photos and videos to come in the next few days, but for now, here is a quick image summary of how today looked…
Ninjas and pirates fighting behind my back.
Activity #1. Hint: it involved clues.
Welcome to the party!
Phil is recording evidence…
Pasteur takes Robin hostage… and his pirate role very seriously.
CA’s galore! Zanbabe, Neila222 and Juju79.
Shinobi Swordsman shares a glance.
The Orange Guy makes one of his many appearances.
Name tags: another form of self-expression…
A chat between Fred, Pickleshy and Struwwelpeter.
At the Georgia Aquarium.
