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Don’t Fear The Wiki

Saturday, September 15, 2007

By Dan Ortega, Vice President of Marketing, Astoria Software

There have been a number of posts recently regarding the validity and role of wikis as an information delivery vehicle in a corporate setting. Part of the concern is the unregulated nature of how a wiki ...

Filed under: Wikis

Anne Gentle vs JoAnn Hackos: Is There a Documentation Wiki In Your Future?

Friday, August 31, 2007

By Anne Gentle, special to TheContentWrangler.com

JoAnn Hackos’ recent article titled Is a Documentation Wiki in your Future? struck a chord with me because of my upcoming article about wikis for technical documentation in the September/October issue of STC’s

Filed under: Publishing : Technical Writing : Productivity Tools : Wikis

The Hype is Real: Social Media Invades the Inc. 500

Monday, April 09, 2007

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Center for Marketing Research conducted a nationwide telephone survey of those companies named by Inc. Magazine to the Inc. 500 list for 2006 under the direction of blog researchers Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes. Nearly ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : Podcasts : Wikis

Oxford English Dictionary Recognizes Wiki As A Word

Saturday, March 24, 2007

The Hawaiian word “wiki” (a type of Web page designed so that its contents can be edited by anyone who accesses it) has been acknowledged by the Oxford English Dictionary as part of the English language.

“Words are included in the dictionary on the basis of the ...

Filed under: Wikis

Using Wikis as Project Documentation Tools

Monday, February 05, 2007

In I’d Rather Be Writing, Tom Johnson explores Using Wikis as Project Documentation Tools. In this posting Johnson chats with technical writer Charles Arnold who explains why he’s thinking wikis might be a good idea for documentation teams.

“The model of one writer ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Wikis

Microsoft Bumble: Manipulating Wikipedia Content Or Just Correcting Mistakes?

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Microsoft is in the news again today. No, it’s not the news about Microsoft mistakenly accusing 2.6 million people of using pirated copies of their software. This time, according to the Associated Press: “Microsoft Corp. has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it ...

Filed under: Wikis

Semantic Wikis: Finding Answers Quickly During Disasters

Friday, December 15, 2006

In this XML.com article, Soenke Ziesche proposes using wikis to “share information faster and more easily during emergencies” by enhancing them semantically. Ziesche recommends the use of the Semantic MediaWiki a WikiProject designed to develop a single solution for ...