will white wrote:
> 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.
W
If it is good enough for IBM, it is probably job safe in smaller companies:
http://www.ibm.com/redbooks/redwiki
Some lists of wiki systems, proprietary as well as free:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
will white wrote:
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.
Wikis a
Wikis are quite heavily used on company intranets for "conversational
knowledge management".
You do seem to be mistaken about what wikis are used for.
Kind regards
Peter Ring
Whites wrote:
>
> I'm dubious that folks in most development environments have the leisure
> to dawdle around in a wi
At 05:05 -0700 19/3/07, Whites wrote:
>Back in the old days we were taught to use different relative pronouns for
>persons and things. To my ancient ears "writers that use Wikis" is just
>slovenly English. Still, it's better than "writers what use Wikis", but I
>would expect "writers who use
I don't quite understand.
You subscribe to this very informative list. How much are YOU paying
the people who are letting their lights shine in this list? How much
are they demanding?
As I see this, Wiki is based on the same generic principal: the inner
need to help, the inner need to let your lig
At 18:39 -0700 18/3/07, 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."
Deconstruct, please, Will... ;-) Is it the comma before the conjunct
e the time or
inclination to do this.
Regards,
Keith Arnett
Senior Technical Writer
webMethods, Inc.\ Fairfax VA
-Original Message-----
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:39:13 -0700
From: Whites
Subject: Re: OT: Tech Writers & Wikis
To: Diane Gaskill
Cc: Framers
For starters, to the guy at SFSU
I see here a key difference in this discussion. One is the open wiki
like Wikipedia. The other is a corporate blog or wiki. The
implementation is similar, but inside a company, the wiki contains
information from trusted sources about *your* project.
It provides a forum and a structure to commun
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,
e the time or
inclination to do this.
Regards,
Keith Arnett
Senior Technical Writer
webMethods, Inc.\ Fairfax VA
-Original Message-
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:39:13 -0700
From: Whites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT: Tech Writers & Wikis
To: Diane Gaskill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g
Good point. And when you think about it, a blog is
just a way of posting news items from a database. A
wiki is like a "sub-web," in that it makes it easier
to link between topics than using HTML. Either can be
used for good... or (demonic laugh) vil.
--- Ron Miller wrote:
> I see here a
If it is good enough for IBM, it is probably job safe in smaller companies:
http://www.ibm.com/redbooks/redwiki
Some lists of wiki systems, proprietary as well as free:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
htt
I won't use WikiPedia as a source anymore because I've
been burned too many times. The writers tell you what
they want to tell you, which is often far from
comprehensive. It's a very biased, often inaccurate,
source. It's worth the extra five minutes to do the
real research.
However, wikis as a c
I guess it depends on how informed, disciplined and
articulate their inner lights are then.
I've seen some good things from Open Source, and some
total failures. Two products I use daily were
developed by single individuals to a standard higher
than most Open Source projects.
--- Bodvar Bjorgvins
At 05:05 -0700 19/3/07, Whites wrote:
>Back in the old days we were taught to use different relative pronouns for
>persons and things. To my ancient ears "writers that use Wikis" is just
>slovenly English. Still, it's better than "writers what use Wikis", but I
>would expect "writers who use
I see here a key difference in this discussion. One is the open wiki
like Wikipedia. The other is a corporate blog or wiki. The
implementation is similar, but inside a company, the wiki contains
information from trusted sources about *your* project.
It provides a forum and a structure to commu
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
Good point. And when you think about it, a blog is
just a way of posting news items from a database. A
wiki is like a "sub-web," in that it makes it easier
to link between topics than using HTML. Either can be
used for good... or (demonic laugh) vil.
--- Ron Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot
I won't use WikiPedia as a source anymore because I've
been burned too many times. The writers tell you what
they want to tell you, which is often far from
comprehensive. It's a very biased, often inaccurate,
source. It's worth the extra five minutes to do the
real research.
However, wikis as a c
I guess it depends on how informed, disciplined and
articulate their inner lights are then.
I've seen some good things from Open Source, and some
total failures. Two products I use daily were
developed by single individuals to a standard higher
than most Open Source projects.
--- Bodvar Bjorgvins
Wikis are quite heavily used on company intranets for "conversational
knowledge management".
You do seem to be mistaken about what wikis are used for.
Kind regards
Peter Ring
Whites wrote:
I'm dubious that folks in most development environments have the leisure
to dawdle around in a wiki w
I don't quite understand.
You subscribe to this very informative list. How much are YOU paying
the people who are letting their lights shine in this list? How much
are they demanding?
As I see this, Wiki is based on the same generic principal: the inner
need to help, the inner need to let your li
At 18:39 -0700 18/3/07, 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."
Deconstruct, please, Will... ;-) Is it the comma before the conjunct
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
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
If you are a TW in San Francisco and would like to help this TW student,
please reply directly to him.
Thanks,
Diane
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If you are a TW in San Francisco and would like to help this TW student,
please reply directly to him.
Thanks,
Diane
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