Blog and wiki
have many similarities and differences. In term of similarities, they both are
public for all to read, sharing information with others. For blog, it is more
of dairy type, usually stories or tutorials by one author, from one person’s
opinion, and with other random people’s comments/discussions. It can be
anything that author wants to say, not necessary needs to be true. “Port contends
that if Cohen hadn’t sued, hardly anyone would have seen the blog. (If a skank
falls in the forest and no one hears it ... ?)” Says by by Maureen Down, as
there are millions of blogs hosted by different people, sometimes it is hard for
others to see someone’s blog. On the other hand, wiki is more about keywords,
it has multiple authors/editors, it is usually updated frequently if there’s
any updates/changes, and it is more of a reference to anything you want to know.
In fact, wiki can post things blogs post, but not blogs. “He chose a wiki—a
software application that allows groups of users to create, edit and comment on
online documents—so that each team member could contribute and access
up-to-date information on the project.” Says By Margaret Locher, and how he
describe the wiki as.
About the importance
of convergence in today's networked world, it is in fact very important. It is
hard for one person to know everything; even the smartest person in the world
won’t know everything. Therefore, convergence is important as it pools people’s
information together, makes others know about it.
Blogs can be use
for collaboration, as others can post their comments; therefore it gives reader
a reference as they read the comments - things said by the author are true or
not, other readers agreed or not.
A new way of
using wiki would be adding more pictures and videos, as wiki most often doesn’t
use many pictures/videos. Sometimes a picture tells more than hundred words can
describe. Also, if the information provided on wiki is not sure, or not true,
it should be noted; therefore it would make a wiki more trustful site for all. It
is also a great idea to add a function like blog, for readers to comment/discuss.
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