Monday, March 31, 2008
networking or innovating?
I was in a conversation with a colleague from our IT department today, and I asked him whether he would prefer to use a wiki or a Google doc to collaborate on a creative project. He said that he had another, better, tool that he'd use. I asked him the cost of the tool, and he (surprisingly) said it was free ware; however, after some coaxing he did admit that you had to purchase a server to implement it. Although the kid that cracked the iPhone did have to initially purchase the device, it seems that the next generation of innovation will be found in innovation without big start-up costs. Or, maybe not. . .
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I think I'd probably rather use a Google Doc, but that's just my unfamiliarity with wikis. I've edited some articles on Wikipedia, and IIRC they save the changes, right? Or at least list what was changed. That would probably be good, I don't know that Google docs do version tracking. I do know that you can have different people editing them in real time.
I suppose if I knew more about both, this comment would be of more value. :^/
Start-up costs are very minimal, especially with open source software and $3.50/mo Web hosting.
I'd still take a wiki over a Google doc for the version control....and free server :)
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