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Wednesday, September 8

The problem with wikis

Getting ready for my move, I decided to setup a web-based tool to document information and links. The tool will be maintained by my wife and myself. I went through my usual brain spasms - what technology should I use - Wiki, Blog, or some other CMS tool. If it was just me using the system I would have immediately chosen a Wiki, however, since Mel would be updating it too, it needed to be simple, and here I believe is where Wikis fail at being a mainstream application. One - They require the learning of an awkward sytax which may be fairly simple for a technically minded person to use but even I find it annoying. Two - It requires everything you do to be in the mindset of EDITING rather than ADDING. This is key. What I like about blogs is that when I add a post I am really adding it, not editing existing content to add it as is done with a wiki.

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by Adam Kempler on August 15, 2004

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