wiki
Rex Hammock's
101

First,
there
was
Hypercard

You installed this on this to do this.
Hypercard

Basically, this was just this
Hypercard

...with hyperlinks.
Abraham Lincoln Kentucky
Originally a part of Virginia,
16th President of the United States in 1792 it became the 15th state
served from March 1861 until April 1865. 37th largest state in terms of total area
Born in Kentucky 36th largest in land area
Had a beard, but no mustache. ranks 26th in population
Hypercard

They're called
index cards
for a reason.

Ward
Cunningham

But not the
Tom Bosley
character on
Happy Days
named
Howard
Cunningham

And not
Ward
Cleaver

who was
Beaver's
dad.

This
Ward
Cunningham

wanted
a web
application
that worked
like Hypercard.

So he
created
WikiWikiWeb

Named
after
Wiki-Wiki Bus

1 Review
2 3

That
led to
this

But it
looked
like
this.

Forpeople
who need
bullet points.

wikis
are not
just this

Wikis are merely
a way to create
content, then
collect &
oraganize it.

Wikis
can be the work
of one person,
or many,
or everyone.

Any kind of
information
Timelines.com

Any kind of
information
I consider IMDB.com a wiki.

Any kind of
information
But when it
comes to searching
for movie information,
Google seems to
like Wikipedia better.

Any kind of
information
Google "Starwars"and you'll get 2 wikis on the first SERP.

Any kind of
information
wikiHow.com
Personal favorite:
http://www.wikihow.com/Close-a-Bag-of-Chips-by-Folding-It

Any kind of
information
For breaking news and complex topics,
I believe a wiki provides a
more 'native' model of using the web
than traditional narrative news reporting.

Any kind of
information
NYTimes.com has recognized this,
but Times Topics has not yet figured
out the 'breaking' part.

Business
Model Everyone asks this,
so I thought I'd throw
some samples in.
This company owns...
and lots more wikis.
(InternetBrands.com.)

Business
Model
Developing
and managing
enterprise
(behind-the-firewall)
wikis for
knowledge-
managent
and colloaborative
work flow.

Business
Model
Providing
customer or
"supply
chain"
support
for companies
with mystery
business
models.

Business
Model
Intuit's
TaxAlmanac.org
serves
"tax professionals,"
(i.e., the entire
market for these
products:
http://proseries.
intuit.com/).

Business
Model
Our company
(http://hammock.com)
maintains this wiki.
Our business
is helping
companies and
associations
create and manage
all types of
customer and
member media.
(Note not-to-subtle
product placement.)

See Also:

See Also:
For the more
technically inclined
who want to
host their own
wiki.

See Also:
Play around
on Google sites.
Check out
Wetpaint & Wikia.

See Also:
I believe
any CMS
that allows you
to create "pages"
is a potential
wiki platform.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages

Two more things:
2 Secrets of Wikis
A Wiki is not one website. Every
entry is a
website.

Two more things:
2 Secrets of Wikis
Seed Feed Weed
The only metaphor you'll ever need for wiki success.

See Also:

External Links:
http://RexBlog.com
rexhammock@gmail.com
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