Re: wiki vs blog

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Ah, your question made no sense as written. Thanks for the  
clarification.

The tool matters in that it does what you want it to. This is no  
different in the realm if wikis and blogs as it is for tech writing,  
application development, or heavy construction. If WordPress fits your  
technological and intended use needs, then use it. If Drupal is a  
better fit, use that instead.

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On Jan 13, 2010, at 1:18 PM, John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> I'll ask the question again. Pay attention :-)
>
> "from the perspective of authoring content. what differentiates an
> editing tool from between wikis and blogs"
>
> In other words...
>
> Does it matter, from the tool perspective, whether I'm using something
> like Word Press, to author in a wiki or a blog?
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Bill Swallow  
> <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>> Wiki's are a read-write medium.  Blogs are a read-respond medium.
>>
>> A bit more than that.
>>
>> Wikis are read-write-respond. They are designed for collaborative
>> authoring and idea development. That is, your audience should have a
>> hand in creating the content, whether in an open or controlled  
>> manner.
>>
>> Blogs are indeed read-respond mediums. They *can* be created by
>> multiple authors, but the goal is information dissemination, not
>> collaborative authoring, and the audience does not have a hand in
>> creating the content.
>>
>>> IMHO, there IS a difference.
>>
>> Absolutely!
>>
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