Ton's Interdependent Thoughts: Blogs, Wikis and Blokis
On KnowledgeBoard, editor Helen Baxter starts a thread on blogs, wikis and blokis (and also a thread on K-logs). Blokis being a hybrid of both weblogs and wikis.
Ton reflects on Wikis , and how he doesn't like or trust them. Blogs which he thinks are useful but personal and constrained(?).
But he warms to the hybrid bloki (which is just a great name). The key points about community and trust make great sense, and I have to say I agree with him. I just can't get Wikis. Blogs obviously. I can even see group blogs. Blokis... not sure. Think they could work but as Ton says commuity is the key. I've used a number of collaborative tools that simply did not add value or continue to get used after an initial exictment phase. Perhaps more than community and which I think Ton hints at is a key objective or sense of purpose for the collaborative effort...
Posted by Paul Goodison at August 28, 2003 10:51 PM | TrackBack