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Sunday, April 27, 2003

CNN.com - Cappuccino friar beatified by pope - Apr. 27, 2003 Headline news at it's finest! 12:56:21 PM    Clarence Westberg's Links & Comments

Evan Williams doesn't like Wikis. I notice that Elizabeth Lane Lawley (posting on Evan William's blog doesn't think much of Wikis. Her basic complaints are in the presentation area: She seems to think that presentation is the problem, and I'm here to tell her that it's not. I think the population of willing posters to a hypothetical gorgeous Wiki would still be small. It's not the presentation that's the issue here. There's something simpler afoot here, and it's something that plagues web software in general. People like rich client software. People tend to not like basic editing tools - which is what Wikis use. Combine a Wiki with decent posting tools, and I bet you would see more collaboration. Combine it with more pleasant layouts, and I bet nothing much would change [Cincom Smalltalk Blog - Smalltalk with Rants] I agree with Jim here. I had an internal wiki going for about a year. I did get people to use it but nobody ever seemd to contribute. I am not sure some people even know they can contribute! Better editing tools would help but there is some metaphorical issue here as well. 11:01:36 AM    Clarence Westberg's Links & Comments

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