Thursday, February 28, 2008

Wickedly Wacky Wikis

Here are two things I learned about Wikis:

1) Wiki means quick in Hawaiian.

That's cool. So you could say one is wiki-witted.

2) Wiki's could be used to organize a group project/event.

The only Wiki I was familiar with before was Wikipedia (which is cool and helpful), so it hadn't occured to me that you could use the format for so many other things. I could see it's application in organizing a family reunion. Or really any project in which people aren't in the same geographic location. The concern for me is that people who are not technology-witted would be left out (there are still a few email hold-outs in my family, so that would be a problem). But work-wise that wouldn't be an issue. The other concern would be that you are smacked in the face with email everyday, but you would have to remember to go to the wiki in order for it to be effective.

Other than that I think wikis are wonderful.

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