Post on 06-May-2015
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wiki101
Rex Hammock's
First,there was Hypercard Hypercard
Hypercard
You installed this on this to do this.
Hypercard
Basically, this was just this
Hypercard
...with hyperlinks.
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United Statesserved from March 1861 until April 1865.Born in KentuckyHad a beard, but no mustache.
Kentucky
Originally a part of Virginia,in 1792 it became the 15th state 37th largest state in terms of total area36th largest in land arearanks 26th in population
They're calledindex cards for a reason.
Ward Cunningham
But not theTom Bosley character on Happy Days namedHowardCunningham
And notWardCleaver
who wasBeaver'sdad.
ThisWard Cunningham
wanteda webapplicationthat workedlike Hypercard.
So hecreatedWikiWikiWeb
NamedafterWiki-Wiki Bus
Review1
2 3
That led to this
But itlookedlike this.
For people who need
bullet points.
wikis are not just this
Wikis are merely a way to create content, then
collect & oraganize it.
Wikis can be the workof one person,
or many,or everyone.
Any kind of information
Timelines.com
Any kind of information
I consider IMDB.com a wiki.
Any kind of information
But when itcomes to searching
for movie information,Google seems to
like Wikipedia better.
Any kind of information
Google "Starwars"and you'll get 2 wikis on the first SERP.
Any kind of information
wikiHow.comPersonal favorite:
http://www.wikihow.com/Close-a-Bag-of-Chips-by-Folding-It
Any kind of information
For breaking news and complex topics,I believe a wiki provides a
more 'native' model of using the web than traditional narrative news reporting.
Any kind of information
NYTimes.com has recognized this,but Times Topics has not yet figured
out the 'breaking' part.
Business Model Everyone asks this,
so I thought I'd throw some samples in.
This company owns... and lots more wikis.
(InternetBrands.com.)
Business Model
Developingand managing
enterprise(behind-the-firewall)
wikis for knowledge-
managentand colloaborative
work flow.
Business Model
Providingcustomer or
"supplychain"
supportfor companies
with mysterybusinessmodels.
Business Model
Intuit'sTaxAlmanac.org
serves"tax professionals,"
(i.e., the entiremarket for these
products:http://proseries.
intuit.com/).
Business Model
Our company(http://hammock.com)
maintains this wiki.Our business
is helpingcompanies and
associationscreate and manage
all types ofcustomer and
member media.(Note not-to-subtle
product placement.)
See Also:
See Also:
For the moretechnically inclined
who want to host their own
wiki.
See Also:
Play aroundon Google sites.
Check outWetpaint & Wikia.
See Also: I believeany CMS
that allows youto create "pages"
is a potentialwiki platform.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages
Two more things: 2 Secrets of Wikis
A Wiki is not one website.
Everyentry is awebsite.
Seed Feed Weed
Two more things: 2 Secrets of Wikis
The only metaphor you'll ever need for wiki success.
See Also:
External Links:http://RexBlog.com
rexhammock@gmail.com@r
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