Blogs vs Wikis

Blogs vs. Wikis

   One difference between the two is the fact that one is a blend for the term Web log, and the other was named after a shuttle bus that runs between airport terminals at the Honolulu airport. The differences do not stop there. The main difference between the two is that with a blog the medium was designed around a single author, whereas, a wiki was designed for a group collaboration to gather information into a single source. Blogs are also used by some to get feedback on a thought, while others use it as a place to make an announcement. Wikis are used more of a centralized place of information. When you think about it, they are not very similar at all.

Convergence in today's networked world

   It's only natural in the evolution of technology to want to do more with less resources.This is the whole idea behind convergence. Taking one task and combining it into another. While this is happening with some things,divergence is actually happening with others. One example of this divergence is with social networking, this field is more and more latent with an evergrowing number of social networks. This leaves people having to check more and more networks to stay in contact with the people that they need to keep in contact with. I myself was asked a few weeks ago by an aquantance when talking about a network that is required for student organizations to use at a certain university, "Who has time to check another facebook, I don't?" Without some kind of convergence, who knows where this will be in a few years. Maybe we will be spending half of our day logging in and out of different networks.

How can blogs be used for collaboration?

I've not really had much experience with blogs myself. This really will be a learning experience for me as I use it.

Can you think of a new use for a wiki that has not been done yet?

Personally I can't really think of a way to use wiki's that hasn't already been thought of. It's used for scientific documentation, video game cheats and tutorials, you name it and there's probably a wiki on it. I did think of a way it could be used, but I don't think it would work out that well. We could use it as a site where we could colaborativly write public policy and the laws for the good old USA. It's laughabe I know, But wouldn't this fall under the whole for the people BY the people motto that the fathers of our country established the nation on? On a serious note though, since most wiki sites are made with Web platform software, if someone needed it for another use they could create it using the same software they used to create the wiki.