Wikis

I like wikis when used for the right purpose. Whereever there is collaborative work going on and you want to keep the topics organized and be able to track edits they can work very well. They are good for both short term projects that have an ending and long term projects that are constantly evolving.

I think the conference wiki is a great idea to help people navigate around and meet up. We had a wiki for the Sno-Isle Web Advisory Team that I started mostly just to try out the tool and give others a chance to try it as well, but it has not been updated much since the team is not actively engaged. It has great potential though for this kind of project.

I also used a wiki on a collaborative presentation I was giving in Denver with staff working there and it was a successful effort. We had deadlines and motivation so this really help us keep the wiki active.