The Internet has been used as a tool for sharing information since its inception. Over the past few years, “wiki” technology has been introduced as a way to allow individuals to modify and contribute ...

As I continue to research and write my upcoming book on wikis, I keep hearing one word over and over again. That word is “BUT” (complete with all-caps), as in, “I would like to use a wiki, BUT ” or ...

Instructional-technology coach Kristin Hokanson is hooked on wikis. Hokanson counts at least 40 wikis, or collaborative Web sites, that she either designed or participates in. She uses them to post ...

When times get tough and belts get tight, one of the first things many companies do is begin casting about for ways increase efficiency and raise per-worker productivity. Many businesses turn to free ...

At many colleges and universities, wikis are used mostly as a supplement to primary teaching tools like textbooks and labs, while other Web 2.0 technologies — such as social networking sites like ...

Kevin Ryan, Dwight Merriman (DoubleClick's former CEO and former CTO, respectively) and Eliot Horowitz founded ShopWiki in New York City last year with the goal of “indexing everything that can be ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Over the next few days, Wikipedia will be getting a substantial face ...

Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s information ecosystem. Five years ago, I traveled to Stockholm to cover the annual convention for Wikipedia and related free ...