Stewart Mader was one of the coolest people I met at Doc Train West 2008. He is a person driven by his enthusiasm for wikis.

In this podcast, Stewart talks about the following:

• Advantages of using a wiki for your technical documentation
• Why lack of advanced styles in wikis isn’t a major problem
• The relentless focus on simplicity with wikis
• Choosing the right wiki among dozens of wiki engines
• Pitfalls with using an open source wiki (like Mediawiki) for your company
• Why your content (not your format) is the most important element of any wiki
• Techniques for growing wiki use and adoption in your organization
• Why customizing your wiki to look like a professional website isn’t that important
• Managing multiple spaces inside wikis, and integrating with Active Directory
• Why Stewart recommends Atlassian Confluence wikis
• The number one reason why wikis fail

Resources

• Stewart Mader’s blog
• Wikipatterns (Stewart’s book on wikis)
• The Wiki Matrix
• Atlassian Confluence wikis (enterprise wiki software)
• 21 Days of Wiki Adoption

Stewart’s PowerPoint on his Grow Your Wiki session is below.

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