Today I have tasked myself with figuring out how to best apply Wikis on Making JGB. Bear with me as I use this blog post as a means to tinkering out an end!
I previously spent a lot of time trying to figure out which platform I wanted to use, but I found it difficult to test out the many existing, competing websites. I ended up making an account with www.wikidot.com, but after sitting through 3 gawd-awful minutes of tutorial videos made for people who may have never ever used a computer, I ended up going back to the most renowned wiki host:www.PBworks.com.
As of now, I think that I can make use of wiki platforms for 3 separate functions.
1) Research These wikis would serve as a place to compile information found in books, online, etc. By compiling the information in a wiki, I can track and source all the information in one easily accessible place.
The only problem I'm running into is figuring out how to sort the information? It's one thing to bring information together, but it's another thing to structure it so that it's accessible and useful. The last thing I want is a mishmash of indecipherable content.
I could create a wiki on any given subject that I'm researching - such as, Social Media, for example. But there are so many things within social media that I'm looking into - those would become sub-headings, I suppose?
Perhaps I will have to break down the sub-headings more specifically - as in: Articles (newspapers, magazines), Books, Gurus, etc.
2) Project Tracking A project is nothing more than a set of tasks put together towards completing a goal - right? Therefore, any project can be tracked by way of documenting the process of each task coming together towards accomplishing a goal.
So let's say I'm working on my 'City Blog' project. One of the tasks I have taken on with that project is 'researching competition'. I sat down and read Beat Magazine, cover to cover and took notes. These are the kinds of things I would like to keep track of in my project wikis - this way, whenever someone takes on a similar project, they can refer to these step-by-step, 'how to' guides when tackling and tracking their own projects!
3) Collaborative Project Tracking In the same way that I'd like to track projects, wikis are equipped to support multiple team-members working on a wiki all at once. Self-explanatory.
After a day of messing around, I've still got lots of questions and structuring to work out... but at least I've determined how I'd like to use my Wiki!
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