Comments on: Wikinomics: Combining Wikis with Economics; the More You Share, the More You Win http://idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/ The Latest Trends in Technical Communication Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:02:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Penis enlargement http://idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-90456 Penis enlargement Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:26:06 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/#comment-90456 Penis enlargement products reviews that works best to gain 2-3 inches to your penis size naturally and produces hard rock erections in demand. www.penissizeenlargement.net Penis enlargement products reviews that works best to gain 2-3 inches to your penis size naturally and produces hard rock erections in demand. http://www.penissizeenlargement.net

]]> By: Frank fernandis http://idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-38529 Frank fernandis Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:56:41 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/#comment-38529 I would think the main thing to get around is the monetary part once you figure out what you want to do. It’s something that I just can’t seem to get around, so maybe you can help me out. I would think the main thing to get around is the monetary part once you figure out what you want to do. It’s something that I just can’t seem to get around, so maybe you can help me out.

]]> By: avi http://idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5465 avi Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:22:49 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/#comment-5465 Sure :-) Suppose I am writing a user guide. The user guide's draft is being circulated within the company: people from R&D, PM and QA are reviewing it, commenting to it and writing into it. Then, it returns to me for finalizing and delivering. Now, the way I am writing the user guide and the way I am managing the communication with my reviewers, [b]are not shared[/b]. I either write notes for myself, or write no meta-data at all. Such data includes answers to questions like [i]how am I going to approach my next user guide[/i] and [i]what have I learned from the user guide I have just delivered[/i]. Should I share such data? To what extent? Sure :-)
Suppose I am writing a user guide. The user guide’s draft is being circulated within the company: people from R&D, PM and QA are reviewing it, commenting to it and writing into it. Then, it returns to me for finalizing and delivering.
Now, the way I am writing the user guide and the way I am managing the communication with my reviewers, [b]are not shared[/b].
I either write notes for myself, or write no meta-data at all. Such data includes answers to questions like [i]how am I going to approach my next user guide[/i] and [i]what have I learned from the user guide I have just delivered[/i].
Should I share such data? To what extent?

]]> By: Tom http://idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5464 Tom Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:16:03 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/#comment-5464 Avi, you wrote "the text is shared, but the meta-data isn’t." Can elaborate on that? Also, thanks for the link to your blog. I just subscribed to your feed. Avi, you wrote “the text is shared, but the meta-data isn’t.” Can elaborate on that? Also, thanks for the link to your blog. I just subscribed to your feed.

]]> By: Tom http://idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5462 Tom Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:15:13 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/#comment-5462 Hey Aaron, it'd be cool to hear a podcast on that. I'd like to find a lot of examples of companies using wikis for documentation. It seems like a neat idea, and I'm planning to experiment with a wiki-based project soon, but I think corporate documentation wikis are mostly conceptual right now. There are tons of issues surrounding documentation wikis. One writer said to me, if you do that, your project will never be done. That was a sobering thought. She also said, you don't know what user comments are like. Imagine a user that vents or rants about how bad the project is, rather than supplying help content. What do you do with that? Another problem is user content may be nearly unreadable. Do you spend your time fixing up user content for the life of the product? What if a developer adds a lot of info that is simply not relevant or useful. Or what if the instructions are inaccurate. Still, despite the risks, I would be interested in experimenting. The benefits may outweigh them. Hey Aaron, it’d be cool to hear a podcast on that. I’d like to find a lot of examples of companies using wikis for documentation. It seems like a neat idea, and I’m planning to experiment with a wiki-based project soon, but I think corporate documentation wikis are mostly conceptual right now.

There are tons of issues surrounding documentation wikis. One writer said to me, if you do that, your project will never be done. That was a sobering thought. She also said, you don’t know what user comments are like. Imagine a user that vents or rants about how bad the project is, rather than supplying help content. What do you do with that?

Another problem is user content may be nearly unreadable. Do you spend your time fixing up user content for the life of the product? What if a developer adds a lot of info that is simply not relevant or useful. Or what if the instructions are inaccurate.

Still, despite the risks, I would be interested in experimenting. The benefits may outweigh them.

]]> By: avi http://idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5458 avi Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:56:15 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/#comment-5458 6-7 years ago tech writers were not willing to share their text (although it wasn't their property). Today, the text is shared, but the meta-data isn't. I wonder whether this is a classical KM problem. 6-7 years ago tech writers were not willing to share their text (although it wasn’t their property). Today, the text is shared, but the meta-data isn’t. I wonder whether this is a classical KM problem.

]]> By: Aaron http://idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5447 Aaron Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:22:16 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/#comment-5447 Tom, your post on mass collaboration and wikis was very interesting. I think this sort of collaboration between the user and the technical communicator is one of the key themes when thinking about the future of user assistance. Collaboration using a wiki or a user community could provide a wealth of information about the value of content. This body of information could be mined to improve the help content that a user receives. The means by which users contribute content will require control and moderation in order to keep content relevant and accurate - a significant challenge. There are a lot of things to discuss with this idea, but not enough time to discuss them all here... great post, you have me thinking of a future podcast. Tom, your post on mass collaboration and wikis was very interesting. I think this sort of collaboration between the user and the technical communicator is one of the key themes when thinking about the future of user assistance. Collaboration using a wiki or a user community could provide a wealth of information about the value of content. This body of information could be mined to improve the help content that a user receives. The means by which users contribute content will require control and moderation in order to keep content relevant and accurate – a significant challenge. There are a lot of things to discuss with this idea, but not enough time to discuss them all here… great post, you have me thinking of a future podcast.

]]> By: Heidi http://idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5287 Heidi Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:06:19 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/08/wikinomics-combining-wikis-with-economics/#comment-5287 This post reminds me of the book, The Wisdom of Crowds (a book I've been meaning to read but haven't yet). It also reminds me of an NPR Business Story of the Day (or was it the Marketplace public radio show or live NPR radio that I was listening to, can't remember) where they were talking about how popular it has become to offer prizes lately. In other words, a company, millionaire, or any group decides to put out a prize to solve a technical problem, social problem, and so on; that prize is then awarded and the sponsor of the prize goes on to innovate around the ideas that were presented to them. It turns out that prizes weren't as popular as in years past. Then again, the world has more millionaires and billionaires than it used to, too. Your posts about wikis definitely make sense to me. I could see your championing of them making a difference in their future adoption; keep them coming. This post reminds me of the book, The Wisdom of Crowds (a book I’ve been meaning to read but haven’t yet). It also reminds me of an NPR Business Story of the Day (or was it the Marketplace public radio show or live NPR radio that I was listening to, can’t remember) where they were talking about how popular it has become to offer prizes lately. In other words, a company, millionaire, or any group decides to put out a prize to solve a technical problem, social problem, and so on; that prize is then awarded and the sponsor of the prize goes on to innovate around the ideas that were presented to them. It turns out that prizes weren’t as popular as in years past. Then again, the world has more millionaires and billionaires than it used to, too.
Your posts about wikis definitely make sense to me. I could see your championing of them making a difference in their future adoption; keep them coming.

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