Monthly Archives: June 2008

Interview: Stewart Nickolas

Posted on June 25, 2008 by alda

Stewart Nickolas, creator of IBM’s QEDWiki, working in the Emerging Technologies group in IBM for the past five years, will be a keynote speaker at WikiSym 2008. We interviewed him by e-mail to know more about his involvement with wikis … Continue reading →

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Wiki This site: The Universal Edit Button Launches Today

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Martin Cleaver

Tim Berners-Lee’s intended the web to be writeable by all. Yet, for decades it’s been stuck in a “read mostly” mode. Everyone web surfs, some add content but very few really get to fundamentally re-express and re-structure web content. We … Continue reading →

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Registration for WikiSym 2008 is Now Open!

Posted on June 18, 2008 by nunoflores

Registration for WikiSym 2008 is now available through the conference site. Due to several events in Porto on the days after and before WikiSym, hotels are likely to be booked very early. Consider booking well in advance! We are now … Continue reading →

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Wiki Farm Companies: Which are Your Fastest Growing Communities?

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Martin Cleaver

Martin Cleaver, Blended Perspectives. Toronto, Canada. Wiki farm: a website that offers to the public a sectioned-off set of wiki pages It’s evident that Wiki Farms, such as PBWiki, Wetpaint, Wikia and WikiSpaces are growing rapidly. Many content producers don’t … Continue reading →

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Thanks for all the WikiSym Poster Submissions. Deadline extension: June 30th

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Martin Cleaver

Martin Cleaver Toronto, Canada Well, the deadline for posters has just passed, and for sure we have some interesting titles! I won’t tell you who submitted what because until we’ve read them and made commitments I can’t promise they will … Continue reading →

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Interview: George Landow

Posted on June 9, 2008 by alda

George Landow, Professor of Art and History at Brown University, will be one of the two keynote speakers at WikiSym 2008. We interviewed him by e-mail to get more information on how he became involved with wikis and web-related issues, … Continue reading →

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Business Intelligence? Competitive Intelligence? WikiSym is Where You Need to Be.

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Martin Cleaver

Martin Cleaver MSc MBA. Blended Perspectives, Toronto. To improve business performance and to out-compete, an organization needs not only advantageous information but also to act upon it. Organizations that depend on a few key staff to gather information to help … Continue reading →

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Integration Wikis? Application Wikis? Semantic Wikis?

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Martin Cleaver

Martin Cleaver. Blended Perspectives, Toronto Canada What makes your wiki technology special? Do you build encyclopedias or applications? While wikis are best known as a means to co-create knowledge, our industry is heating up and progress is being made in … Continue reading →

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