On Tuesday, November 28, 2006, Milan Davidovic wrote: > "Looking for a place to discuss your technical communication issues, > ask questions, and build a network of contacts in the industry? You've > found it!" > (http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com) That's the one thing you miss with a Wiki -- interaction. It's certainly not a forum for discussion, generating contacts, or developing a sense of "community".
It has great potential as a knowledge base (we all use the very successful Wikipedia). However, we tried a wiki here internally, as a repository for information about our new communications protocol for our dataloggers. It hasn't been very successful. I'm not certain why. Unfamiliarity with the technology? The fact that it takes time to compose a (well thought out) Wiki entry? If it could be used purely as a knowledge base, I think it has some merit for the TCP group. For instance, if a person asks a question and gets a lot of good info back from the group, I could see that person then summarizing the info and posting it on the Wiki. However, trying to discuss ideas via a wiki would be difficult (IMO). 2 cents :) Dana W. *************************** Dana Worley Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group Campbell Scientific, Inc. Microsoft MVP, Windows Help _______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals To post a message to the list, send an email to TCP@techcommpros.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com or, via email, send a blank message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the TCP site at http://www.techcommpros.com To find out more about the list, including archives and your account options, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com If you need assistance with the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
