Archive for the 'wiki' Category
Wikis: Whither Wikis? The State of Collaborative Web Publishing
April 29th, 2009Technology News – “Sure, Wikipedia still has a page for everything from Charlemagne to Chewbacca, but it seems more attention now is focused on kick-back-and-have-fun social networks, not hit-the-books-and-contribute-some-research wikis. Has the wiki well run dry?”
Apple sued by wiki publisher for “baseless” legal threat
April 29th, 2009Guardian – “Apple sued by an online publisher that claims it tried to stifle free speech by demanding removal of a wiki on how to bypass iTunes software and its DRM.
A quarter million teachers to get free wikis
September 15th, 2008Webware – “A San Francisco wiki services provider has just finished a multiyear project under which it gave teachers all over the world 100,000 free wikis. And now, it is doubling up and getting set to give away another quarter million.”
`Wiki Moments` Lead to Better Collaboration
February 25th, 2008eWeek – “In the course of covering the evolution of collaboration software, some bloggers are tracking “wiki moments,” ideas that start as seeds and germinate into big bouquets of contemplation and collaboration.”
Wikis: Inciting Collaboration
December 23rd, 2007Davey Winder – “Think of a wiki as a natural extension to the blogging concept, a classification-centric medium which allows for a freedom of content manipulation across a community of users that can’t be found in any other comparable technology. By engendering enthusiasm and commitment from every user, the wiki can become the perfect tool [...]
More From A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette
October 25th, 2007Sal – “Make sure that you fool your bosses (who are a million times more technophobic than your grandparents) into thinking that you are ‘up on technology’ by making reference to Wikis and RSS content as if they really mattered”
Ha! Love it.
Wiki Education
July 31st, 2007Technology News World – “By using wikis, city teachers will be able to edit lesson plans directly on a Web site and not need a crash course in computer languages, such as HTML, to do so. They will also be able to tailor the lesson to fit their grade level by tweaking its complexity. “It’s [...]
Wikis in Plain English
July 8th, 2007Click To Play
Brilliant!
Wiki Wiki Wiki
May 25th, 2007Does the library profession need yet another wiki? Or, do we need yet anothervblog post asking if the library profession needs yet another wiki? (via).
SLJ Article on Wikis is Getting Crazy Digged
May 20th, 2007The article is number 2 on Digg right now.
Which Wiki is Right For You
May 14th, 2007School Library Journal helps to answer this question in their review of a bunch of services, with pros and cons. (via)
Pierce County Library Wiki
April 8th, 2007Jenny Furled the Pierce County Library Wiki.
Wiki-OED
March 15th, 2007OK, terrible post title. Sorry. Read all about it here:
"If you think "wiki" doesn’t sound like English, you are right. But it’s English now. This word born on the Pacific Island of Hawaii finally got an entry into the latest edition of the online Oxford English Dictionary (OED) along with 287 other new words."
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