san francisco-based business analyst and information architect writing from the intersection content management, social media and business
Ever witness a high-visibility project crash and burn? Then you’ll recognize this:
with thanks to Gregory Benford
Great idea from boicy, James Lewis.
In wikis, the number of topics expanded by someone other than the users who created them is proportional to the overall usefulness of the wiki.
Wikis only thrive through asynchronous, gradual improvement. The constant of proportionality between the utility and the contributions of individuals is the wikitility index (wiki + utility). In other words, walled gardens = failure.
