An interesting idea, this one – wikis are one of those ideas that seem instinctively like a good one, but are very difficult to explicitly explain why. The idea of everyone being encouraged to contribute is somewhat alien in an IT world where user rights lock everything down. The obvious objection is that the Usenet factor will come into play and most postings will be more or less crap, but there seems to be something about wikis that form a community-wide bozo filter that prevents that happening.
Instinctively I can see a use in my line of work (or the potential line of work that is about to be proposed to the Most Backward Client, at any rate) – but it would be a question of whether it would be possible to adequately explain the concept and use to a bunch of people with more or less interest in the technology and processes behind the platform. Let alone convincing the Most Backward Client that it was an answer to some of their problems. Probably not, is my gut feel.
It’s currently throwing it down in Leeds, which means that the river is looking a lot deeper and greyer than it did a few hours ago, and the greenhouse/balcony is getting wetter by the second. Which is giving the plants a new lease of life – compared to yesterday, they’re looking distinctly greener and more vibrant than they did. Give it a couple of weeks, and it will be like having a greenhouse in the sky – at the current rate of growth, we won’t be able to see out of the window for foliage…
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