Earth Portal re-launches
OneCosmos, then ManyOne, then the Digital Universe, and now the Earth Portal — the vision changes, but eventually, I think my former colleagues will get it right. Today they took a positive step forward by, for the first time, inviting the general public to participate; the arena for public participation is the EarthForum. There is also a redesigned news feature. The other major feature of the Earth Portal is something I helped get off the ground — the Encyclopedia of Earth, to which they have recently added e-books, which is a nice feature. The whole package was recently made the subject of a press release.