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Wiki Technology & Trend: Past, Now and Future

Wiki Technology & Trend: Past, Now and Future. Panelists: Ben Elowitz, CEO at Wetpaint.com Jon Silvers, Director of Online Marketing at Atlassian Software Systems Dr. Jonas M Luster, Community Manager at Socialtext Scott Johnston, VP of Products at JotSpot Moderator:

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Wiki Technology & Trend: Past, Now and Future

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  1. Wiki Technology & Trend: Past, Now and Future • Panelists: • Ben Elowitz, CEO at Wetpaint.com • Jon Silvers, Director of Online Marketing at Atlassian Software Systems • Dr. Jonas M Luster, Community Manager at Socialtext • Scott Johnston, VP of Products at JotSpot • Moderator: • Peter Thoeny, Founder at TWiki.org & Co-founder at StructuredWikis LLC • Web SIG - http://thewebsig.com/Fremont, CA, 2006-10-25

  2. What, wikis? A very quick introduction Peter Thoeny peter@StruturedWikis.com

  3. What is a wiki? • Wiki = writable web, every page can be edited by using just a browser • Wiki wiki: Hawaiian for “quick” • Ward Cunningham implemented the original WikiWikiWeb in 1995 • Inspired by HyperCard • Automatic page linking

  4. Blogs vs. Wikis • Blog (weblog): • Media to express individual voice • “Sequential post media” (like e-mail), usually with feedback and trackback • Wiki: • Media to express group voice, de-emphasizing identity of individuals • “Create & refactor media”, content may change at any time

  5. How to get a wiki • Open source / commercial wiki software: • Download and install • Hosted wiki services: • Sign up and get started quickly • Wiki appliance: • Wiki in a pre-configured box

  6. Wikis at the workplace • Shared notebook for teams • Departmental collaboration tool • Intranet publishing tool • Content management system • Knowledge base • Platform to create wiki applications (with structured wikis, such as TWiki and JotSpot)

  7. Popularity of wikis • Google trends: wiki, blog

  8. Wiki, Blog Trends by Region

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