Wednesday, July 9, 2008

What's in a Ning?

We've been woring with these all day. We know what they are, and we know what they do but "ning"? What's up with that? Well, I went to every kids favorite reference tool - Wikipedia - and found this:

Ning is an online platform for users to create their own social websites and social networks[1], launched in October 2005. Ning was co-founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini. Ning is Andreessen's third startup (after Netscape and Opsware), and gets much of its notability from Andreessen's successes with those companies.[2][3]
Ning means "peace" in Chinese, as explained by Gina Bianchini on the company blog.[4]

and remember boys and girls . . . . don't forget to cite:

"Ning." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 8 Jul 2008, 13:51 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 9 Jul 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ning&oldid=224351738>.

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