Week 7, Lessons 16 and 17
Wiki madness!
Seems that wikis are a major innovation in interactive networking but I'm still coming to terms with the concept. The old teacher and cataloguer genes in me are struggling with the concept of allowing anyone to add to or alter something that has been carefully created. Still the Wikipedia seems to work quite well, with occasional cases of sabotage and political manipulation. I suppose with a catalogue some areas could be blocked and patrons could add reviews and comments. This can certainly enrich the experience of selecting a book from what is normally a fairly unhelpful catalogue entry. I will explore this further so that I understand it a bit better, at least I've made a start.