Here wiki wiki...

So after many failed attempts, youtube finally decided to share the wiki video with me. My general wiki thoughts are, well, it's just a lot to keep up with. And, if I had some group project that I was arranging, I think it would maybe add to the confusion if anyone could make changes... there wouldn't be a flow of conversation or discussion... It would seem that one person could make a universal decision that maybe there was no consensus on.

I gave Wetpaint a whirl... of course the fun part is picking colors and elements to add to the wiki... but when trying to come up with some reasonable reason I might need a wiki, well, I couldn't really think of a good one. So, I came up with a slightly lame one, just to try it out. I kind of think a blog or e-mail would be easier. When i watched the youtube video, I could see the point about 100 e-mails flying in every direction and how that gets confusing. That's why I thought at first it might be kind of cool.... but then a wise soul told me blogs are just easier than this whole wiki deal. He was right.

I have a hard time wrapping my brain around the whole wiki thing... so how could a library use it? I don't see too much advantage over a webpage, since we would only allow certain people add content to the wiki, it seems like it would defeat the purpose? Especially if we move toward the goal of the wysiwyg (what you see is what you get).