Introduction
"Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit." — William Pollard
The pursuit of knowledge, ideas, and collaboration are the pillars of our generation. Yet, the value of learning only gets stronger as you include others. Anyone with an idea, an experience, or an answer makes a difference. This is the theory behind our new project, where education becomes collaboration.
We cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together. Here, factual data is organized efficiently and people everywhere are ready to offer their help and opinions. Everything you need is at your fingertips.
Welcome to What.is.
Feature Overview
Intelligent Encylopedia
Easily retrieve numerous entries using efficient data harvesting based on queries.
Lexically-Linked Dictionary
Distinguish multiple definitions with corresponding synonyms, antonyms, and hyponyms.
Global Data Flow
Sit back and watch as data pours in from all over the world with opinions, articles, news, multimedia and more.
Live Collaboration
Discuss and collaborate in realtime - from homework to professional research and development.
Community Discussion
An active community meets for asking questions and solving problems - often switching roles.
Endless Expansion
A single question can be advertised on any number of relevant pages, increasing the amount of people involved.Humble Beginnings
Spreading the word about what.is will help us shape into a helpful community.
Please take a moment to experience what we have to offer and what we are planning, and if it interests you, kindly share it with friends:
Sample Entries
- Amsterdam - An excellent city, but the Encyclopedia module will find more meanings than you ever knew about.
- Wall Street - The most valuable commodity is information; follow breaking financial news and articles in the Global Data Flow module.
- Amalgamate, Ichthyology, Plenipotentiary - We didn't know what they meant either. Additionally, the Dictionary module will logically group synonyms, hyponyms, and antonyms specific to each different definition of a word.
- Photoshop - Using the Community Discussion module, ask questions, browse tutorials, and submit techniques about Adobe Photoshop. Hire artists for your next project.
- Physics - Get Help with your physics homework instantly in the Live Collaboration module.
- Music - Why limit your band to people from your hometown? Collaborate with the actual talent you are after in the Discussion or Live modules.
- U2 - Tickets, videos, opinions, history.
- Programming - If your debugging isn't going so well, others will be able to lend a hand. Also see specific languages such as Java or C++.
- Football - Discover popular upcoming games, talk with others about the FIFA World Cup.
- Torchlight - There's a new game that's rumored to be good. Find out more about it, ask what others think about it, find some reviews about it.
- Winter Music Conference - There's a lot of excitement, videos, and news going around as the South Florida event gets closer. Want to know recommendations or ask about the lineup? Ask.
- Miscellaneous - General, off topic, nondescript.