Monday, January 12, 2009

Wiki's and Wikipedia

Wiki's will potentially improve organisational communication and Information Management. The nature of contributing to a collaborative project is by far and away more efficient using a wiki than using email. Email is disjointed and sporadic, a wiki has an observable direction and is easier to to follow. One of the wiki's I regularly dip into is Coda Cusotomers of Dynix Australia. One very useful wiki I have used, albeit irregularly, is the Codi SQL wiki. This is an example of an SQL script I have used off the wiki which allows an administrator to isolate patrons who use email for their notices.
SELECT borrower# FROM borrower_address WHERE send_notice_by=1
This is a fantastic example of how a wiki can be used by a widely dispersed group of people to share knowledge and expertise on a specific subject. Subject specific Wiki's appeal to me and may have the potential to develop peoples information skills. A great tool!
Wiki How is an interesting and useful wiki also.

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