Re: wiki vs blog

Subject: Re: wiki vs blog
From: Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Dossy Shiobara <dossy -at- panoptic -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:16:44 -0500

> Have you actually used a WordPress wiki based on that plugin?

Yes, second-hand (as a user, not implementer) while at Gilbane Boston
this past December.

> While WordPress is very flexible and extensible through its plugin
> system, even the best wiki plugin will pale in comparison to a software
> specifically designed with the focus of providing the best wiki possible.

Well, of course. Did you miss my previous comment to that effect?

> Of course, if quality isn't a concern, then yes, sufficiently fungible
> electronic bytes can be arranged into an infinite number of
> arrangements, some loosely resembling software that feels like a wiki
> while others like blogs.

I never said quality wasn't of concern and certainly didn't advocate
the use of a lesser tool for the intended job. Perhaps you should
start reading at the beginning of the thread again.

> As professionals, I'd work should carry just slightly higher
> expectations ... I could be wrong ...

Not sure what you mean there.

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References:
wiki vs blog: From: John Posada
Re: wiki vs blog: From: Dossy Shiobara
Re: wiki vs blog: From: Bill Swallow
Re: wiki vs blog: From: John Posada
Re: wiki vs blog: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: wiki vs blog: From: John Posada
Re: wiki vs blog: From: Dossy Shiobara
Re: wiki vs blog: From: Bill Swallow
Re: wiki vs blog: From: Dossy Shiobara

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