RE: FW: Wikitorials

> >Nevermind the fact that there's been quite a lot of
> >learning around what makes a wiki work (and a number that do
> work
> >well), and the Times experiment did just about everything
> wrong.
> 
> Can you elaborate on both points?

On the latter point, Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine is both spot-on and
LOL-funny:

http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2005_06_21.html#009908

"This is like hearing Kathie Lee Gifford try to rap and then, upon hearing
the results, declaring hip hop dead." 

I don't buy the Wonderful World of Everything Wikified, or even all of
Jeff's conclusions, but he did nail LAT's self-absorption and cluelessness.

Karen G. Schneider
kgs@...

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