Wednesday, Ward Cunningham, the inventor of the wiki and a member of AboutUs.org’s board, gave a presentation on the Future of the Wiki at AboutUs Towers. Sponsored by PDX Web Innovators, was well attended by a host of webby, wiki types. I asked Ward what he talked about and his response was collaborative and adaptive, not suprising considering his background and interests.
Ward gets his wiki on
“Here is how the event worked:
- I passed out printed copies of (notes) to use a an idea stimulator.
- We brainstormed a list of topics
- I chose topics, we discussed them, and then I lined them out
Let’s get physical
Wiki is people!
“I spent most of my spare brain cycles just trying to stay ahead of the audience enough to make good next selections. I made the wise choice to work from people oriented ideas toward technology oriented ideas. Other than that the whole event is a bit of a blur.
It’s people I tell you!
“Somehow I was able to bring the event to a close without going more than a few minutes over and ending with the convincing conclusion that we were working on a mechanism for world peace.”
Did I mention it was people?
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