A Web Page for Every Species

by Antonio on 24/03/08 at 10:57 pm

This is one of the most fascinating posts I’ve read this year so far. It’s the story behind The Encyclopedia of Life.

It has it all: An ambitious idea way ahead of its time; an eight year story from idea through to conception; a fascinating mix of world-wide collaboration, physical devices (a handheld species identifier if you can believe it), totally unique data visualisation techniques; and at the end of all this we end up with something that is going to add a rather significant amount to the sum of human knowledge.

In short, a story of "how big things get done". Inspiring.