Like most things it turns out Blikis’ and BlogWiki’s are not new, in fact a few pioneering spirits have been working on this meme for some time. In my last post I mentioned my desire to explore wiki/MT connections.
See BlogTweaks which should be written as a WikiWord is Chris Dents integration of Purple numbers and his MT blog. It’s not clear to me yet if this has progressed to an MT plug-in.
Collaboration Roadmap (WebSeitzWiki) Bob Seitz says he’s interested in making groups more effective at both thinking and doing. “Collective Intelligence” is the paradigm I think he’s looking for. I particularly like his “Universal Inbox“. The word “dashboard” is particularly appropriate.
Martin Fowler’s Bliki says “I wanted something that was a cross between a wiki and a blog – which Ward Cunningham immediately dubbed a bliki. Like a blog, it allows me to post short thoughts when I have them. Like a wiki it will build up a body of cross-linked pieces that I hope will still be interesting in a year’s time.” This later thought could be very powerful in a collaborative blogging environment.
From there I caught a link to SnipSnap some free and easy to install Weblog and Wiki Software written in Java. I was ready to download that too and try it. Except the install instructions were on the cryptic side. I wasn’t really sure I’d get it to work on my server in just a few minutes.
Are blogs and wiki’s converging? Are bliki’s the future? There’s merits in following this scenario and keeping more than a watching eye.