Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Wiki? Is That a Hawaiian Bus?



I love wikis. Any run of the mill guy or gal can share their knowledge (however incorrect or incomplete) with the world. The next person comes along, and says: "Hey, they don't know what they are talking about" and cleans it up a bit. Wikis are free information, not always reliable, but damn, are they a true form of democracy.

  • I have created several wikis on Wikipedia. I think Wikipedia is just swell. Here's one of my favorites that I created: Athens Lunatic Asylum.

  • Here's a library related wiki: Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. It has some great information on getting your library "2.0'ed." Libraries can benefit from wikis in many ways. The most obvious to me is getting information to patrons in a quick and easy way.

  • Here's a link to the WikiWikiWeb, the first wiki.

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