Comments on: 2007: Year of the Wiki OR Year of the Mashup? http://www.centernetworks.com/2007-year-of-the-wiki-or-year-of-the-mashup Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tmdowling http://www.centernetworks.com/2007-year-of-the-wiki-or-year-of-the-mashup/comment-page-#comment-11962 tmdowling Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11962 Probably both, for the same reasons - people can "roll their own". While the big-name wikis are getting a lot of attention, a visit to wikimatrix.org will show you how many varieties there are. And most of the lesser-known ones are part of the open-source movement, with very active user/developer communities. My business partner and I help small businesses and local non-profits take advantage of the user-friendliness of the PmWiki flavor to create and manage their own websites that are conventional-looking to the public, but secretly 'intranet-like' wikis for their owners and participants. It's great fun to empower folks with this! Probably both, for the same reasons – people can “roll their own”. While the big-name wikis are getting a lot of attention, a visit to wikimatrix.org will show you how many varieties there are. And most of the lesser-known ones are part of the open-source movement, with very active user/developer communities. My business partner and I help small businesses and local non-profits take advantage of the user-friendliness of the PmWiki flavor to create and manage their own websites that are conventional-looking to the public, but secretly ‘intranet-like’ wikis for their owners and participants. It’s great fun to empower folks with this!

]]> By: Tim McAlpin2 http://www.centernetworks.com/2007-year-of-the-wiki-or-year-of-the-mashup/comment-page-#comment-11963 Tim McAlpin2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11963 neither will "win" as wikis and mashups are two totally different things serving different purposes. both will have substantial growth, until everyone has had one or two... neither will “win” as wikis and mashups are two totally different things serving different purposes. both will have substantial growth, until everyone has had one or two…

]]> By: Mario http://www.centernetworks.com/2007-year-of-the-wiki-or-year-of-the-mashup/comment-page-#comment-11964 Mario Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-11964 It will be interesting to see how this evolve. About "mashups", I admit I am not too excited about them. Wikis have much more substance. Not differently than you, one problem I see with wikis is that they require a certain amount of time and technical skills to make sense of. Of course, it's realistic to expect them to improve as more non-tech uses for them are found. During 2007 there could be opportunities and abundant motivation for brand new models. I am betting on one (still a prototype): http://www.glorum.com We exchanged a few emails about an early prototype for it in August (I remember CenterNetworks was brand new, too. Great job). It will be interesting to see how this evolve.

About “mashups”, I admit I am not too excited about them. Wikis have much more substance.

Not differently than you, one problem I see with wikis is that they require a certain amount of time and technical skills to make sense of. Of course, it’s realistic to expect them to improve as more non-tech uses for them are found.

During 2007 there could be opportunities and abundant motivation for brand new models.

I am betting on one (still a prototype):

http://www.glorum.com

We exchanged a few emails about an early prototype for it in August (I remember CenterNetworks was brand new, too. Great job).

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