Category Archives: wiki

news and views about the wiki platform

My Wiki 101 presentation from Barcamp Nashville

Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 by Rex Hammock

Typically, my presentation “slides” are meaningless without me narrating them. They illustrate what I’m talking about, so if I’m not talking, well, you’d have to make up your own story to go along with them. However, several people asked if … Continue reading →

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Here’s who will run the internet if the nuts have their way

Posted on Friday, October 9, 2009 by Rex Hammock

Just in time for the National Peanut Festival, AP President Tom Curley is sounding nuttier and nuttier: “Crowd-sourcing Web services such as Wikipedia, YouTube and Facebook have become preferred customer destinations for breaking news, displacing Web sites of traditional news … Continue reading →

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Why I use Wikipedia to follow major news events like the Samoa earthquake and tsunami

Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 by Rex Hammock

It’s worth taking a look at the Wikipedia entry regarding yesterday’s earthquake and resulting tsunami in the south Pacific. As some people know, I am in awe of Wikipedia and its underlying technology, culture, community and practices. (That’s another post … Continue reading →

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And another gripe about Google SearchWiki – It’s Not a Wiki

Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 by Rex Hammock

Thank you, Marshall Kirkpatrick. You’ve made another wise observation about what’s wrong with Google SearchWiki: It’s not a wiki! Of course, this isn’t the first time Google’s branding of new products has perplexed me. The most dumbfounding one is still … Continue reading →

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Using a wiki to run a global company

Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 by Rex Hammock

When I discuss the topic of “wikis,” I often discover that media people — especially business media people — think a “wiki” is something “like Wikipedia” and not, necessarily, what it actually is — a platform for doing a wide … Continue reading →

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