I disagree. I think Wikis can be very useful and hardly dawdling--could actually save time. They can provide a central place to share tips and tricks, to announce code updates, share code snippets and other information useful to a team.
What's more when used with an environment like Sharepoint, you can upload code changes and doc updates and have all the information and announcements related to a project in a central place. Check out this company: http://www.tractionsoftware.com/. Ron Whites wrote: > For starters, to the guy at SFSU trying to learn how to write, take > another run at that sentence: "I am writing a white paper for my class, > and I'm searching for writers > who use wikis." > > I've been asked before what I thought about wikis in a software > documentation environment. I suspect that the only reason Anarchipedia > works at all is because there exists a large population of educated > types who are willing to contribute and who are able to do so because > they are writing their entries on someone else's nickel. Probably > university souls who would otherwise be preparing lectures or grading > some of the few papers that students still claim to write. Or maybe they > are just avoiding their tedious chores. > > I'm dubious that folks in most development environments have the leisure > to dawdle around in a wiki when they have their own workloads to get > through. Or am I misunderstanding the charm of a wiki? It sounds like a > mechanism to convince other people to do my work. > > will white > > On Mar 18, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Diane Gaskill wrote: > >> I am writing a white paper for my class, and I'm searching for writers >> that use wikis. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > There is something fascinating about science. > One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture > out of such a trifling investment of fact. - Twain > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as ronsmiller at comcast.net. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email > toframers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ronsmiller%40comcast.net > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Ron Miller Freelance Technology Writing Since 1988 Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine email: ronsmiller at comcast.net web: http://www.ronsmiller.com blog: http://byronmiller.typepad.com/
