This is an 'annotated' version of slides I presented at the 2009 Barcamp Nashville, October 17. (Typically, I don't have many words on slides, but I added some before posting this online version.)

1. wiki
101
RexHammock's

2. First,
there
was
HypercardHypercard

3. Hypercard
You installed this on this to do this.

4. Hypercard
Basically, this was just this

5. Hypercard
...with hyperlinks.
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States
served from March 1861 until April 1865.
Born in Kentucky
Had a beard, but no mustache.
Kentucky
Originally a part of Virginia,
in 1792 it became the 15th state
37th largest state in terms of total area
36th largest in land area
ranks 26th in population

6. They'recalled
indexcards
forareason.

8. Ward
Cunningham

9. Butnotthe
TomBosley
character on
HappyDays
named
Howard
Cunningham

10. Andnot
Ward
Cleaver

11. whowas
Beaver's
dad.

12. This
Ward
Cunningham

13. wanted
aweb
application
thatworked
likeHypercard.

14. Sohe
created
WikiWikiWeb

15. Named
after
Wiki-WikiBus

16. Review1
2 3

17. That
ledto
this

18. Butit
looked
like
this.

19. Forpeople
who need
bullet points.

20. wikis
are not
just this

21. Wikisaremerely
awaytocreate
content,then
collect&
oraganizeit.

22. Wikis
canbethework
ofoneperson,
ormany,
oreveryone.

23. Anykindof
information
Timelines.com

24. Anykindof
information
I consider IMDB.com a wiki.

25. Anykindof
information
But when it
comes to searching
for movie information,
Google seems to
like Wikipedia better.

26. Anykindof
information
Google "Starwars"and you'll get 2 wikis on the first SERP.

27. Anykindof
information
wikiHow.com
Personal favorite:
http://www.wikihow.com/Close-a-Bag-of-Chips-by-Folding-It

28. Anykindof
information
For breaking news and complex topics,
I believe a wiki provides a
more 'native' model of using the web
than traditional narrative news reporting.

29. Anykindof
information
NYTimes.com has recognized this,
but Times Topics has not yet figured
out the 'breaking' part.

30. Business
ModelEveryone asks this,
so I thought I'd throw
some samples in.
This company owns...
and lots more wikis.
(InternetBrands.com.)

31. Business
Model
Developing
and managing
enterprise
(behind-the-firewall)
wikis for
knowledge-
managent
and colloaborative
work flow.

32. Business
Model
Providing
customer or
"supply
chain"
support
for companies
with mystery
business
models.

33. Business
Model
Intuit's
TaxAlmanac.org
serves
"tax professionals,"
(i.e., the entire
market for these
products:
http://proseries.
intuit.com/).

34. Business
Model
Our company
(http://hammock.com)
maintains this wiki.
Our business
is helping
companies and
associations
create and manage
all types of
customer and
member media.
(Note not-to-subtle
product placement.)

35. SeeAlso:

36. SeeAlso:
For the more
technically inclined
who want to
host their own
wiki.

37. SeeAlso:
Play around
on Google sites.
Check out
Wetpaint & Wikia.

38. SeeAlso:
I believe
any CMS
that allows you
to create "pages"
is a potential
wiki platform.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages

39. Twomorethings:
2SecretsofWikis
AWikiisnotonewebsite. Every
entryisa
website.

40. Seed Feed Weed
Twomorethings:
2SecretsofWikis
The only metaphor you'll ever need for wiki success.

41. SeeAlso:

42. ExternalLinks:
http://RexBlog.com
rexhammock@gmail.com
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