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"What is a wiki?" they ask

By Archive User posted 04-22-2009 06:15 PM

  

I was on a conference call yesterday and we got to talking about all of the new tools that HEUG Online is rolling out. Then there was an anonymous call out: "what is a wiki, by the way?"Okay, haven't we all had this conversation? I never have a good canned answer for these things, so here you go:

A wiki, as defined on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki (spooky, that is like using your brain to think about your own brain). Or, if you prefer watching videos:

 

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Url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
 

"Ah, ok, well, what is a blog then?"

A blog, as defined on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog. Or, if you prefer watching videos:

 

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Url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
 

"Ah, ok, so wait, what is RSS?"

RSS, as defined by wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss. Or, if you prefer watching videos:

 

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Url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

 

So there you have it. Next time someone asks you these questions tell them to come to HEUG Online and read this blog post!

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