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Comments (0) Oct 09 2009

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Comments (0) Aug 23 2009

450 million Spanish speakers that are not their language needs are covered on the internet. The English and the Chinese will eat ground into the language of Cervantes and the potential expansion is restricted. The Fondue BBVA, Spain in collaboration with Accenture, Red.es and the Foundation of the Autonomous University of Madrid made up this challenge and has decided to harness the pull of social networking and interactivity to create Wikilengua.

Wikilengua, following the model of Wikipedia is a website that is discussed and reflected on the views and use Spanish. The contents will be made by Internet users who may also expose their doubts and become a tool to improve and facilitate the use of language. Given the doubts raised the credibility of content, as usual with lots of information hung on a network, you can breathe quiet because the SAR is responsible for filtering the comments, which will provide the project a committee of experts.

In the words of Alex Grijelmo, president of the agency Fee and BBVA Fondue vice president, “is an encyclopedia Wikilengua participatory Spanish language not intended to replace the language institutions or a reference work or a doctor, nor a manual, but a living organism.” Wikilengua is because not only will act as a center of debate for speaking Spanish, but returning to the place it deserves on the Internet.

Comments (0) Aug 17 2009

Is a standard query to the Internet, yet few of them do anything to grow.
The crisis came to all sides, including culture. According to a report in Madrid, Wikipedia does not grow since 2007 and this is because neither the number of editors or articles created by users.

The free Internet encyclopedia, which attempted to be almost a utopia where knowledge of the contents are created, modified, moderate and restricted by the users, is going through a period of stagnation.

A study by researchers at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid showed that the number of volunteer editors and the articles they spend increasingly less time to its construction was halted the growth of cultural project that began in 2001.

According to the study since 2007 the number of users who left the project, 20,000 per year, exceeded that of students enrolled, 15,000, and it is believed that this cup will be expanded in the coming years. Further, it stressed that the partners are excited about the project to meet the pass but left about a year to collaborate, create and edit articles, and during that year he spent less than 150 days a year to the Web.

Furthermore, the analysis made it clear that in all versions of the Wiki, as language and region, only 10% of publishers actively doing 90% of the corrections and articles in which a total of users corresponds to a very small percentage.

Madrilène The study concluded that unless new strategies are sought to enhance the rate of arrival of volunteers and to lengthen their time of attachment to the project, will further delay the creation of these quality items.

Comments (0) Aug 16 2009

“People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.” – Mary Kay Ash

It has been said, by far to many CEO’s, that their companies greatest assets walk-out the door at the end of every business day. Meaning, that the unified knowledge, skills, workflow, ideas, networks, relationships and strengths are embodied within a company’s people. The tragic aspect of the relationship is that those human capital abilities are lost when people leave a company.

The idea of capturing the collective knowledge of a company’s people has been a goal for thousand-years. For 99.9% of that time, we have not been capable of achieving this goal. Much of it was due to a failure to have the proper tools.

For many organizations, their efforts were initially in writing down on paper some ideas. Which then evolved into more complex work-flow management systems. All which were great, but had the weakness of not being ‘modifiable, searchable, distributable and adaptive’. Recently, we created complex CRM systems which started to capture much of the client side of the company knowledge-base, but failed to integrate the sales-cycle knowledge that was developed.

With the advent of the internet, and many of the tools that it allowed, we have seen the rise of the Wiki. The word wiki a Hawaiian-language word for fast. A wiki is a type of software that allows users to easily create, edit and link web pages. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites, power community websites, and are increasingly being installed by businesses to provide affordable and effective Intranets or for use in Knowledge Management.

Wiki’s can do what other tools, either soft-or-hardware based, cannot. As outlined previously, what is needed for an organization to capture this human knowledge is to have the system capable of ‘modifiable, searchable, distributable and adaptive’ knowledge collection.

Organizations that seek to organize their human capital and knowledge have been moving towards the development of internal wiki’s. Companies like IBM, Citrix Systems, Discovery Communications, and Boston’s College’s Gerald School of Information Management are using Wiki’s to: identify, create, acquire, store, organize, use and share information.

“As organizations increasingly rely on geographically dispersed workforces there is an emerging need to collaborate on projects that span distributed teams and with different time frames. This includes a need for collaboration in the form of brainstorming. Wiki may provide a powerful medium for asynchronous distributed collaboration in such situations” says Jonathan Davies, an expert on Wiki brainstorming and problem based collaboration.

Many organizations are experimenting with wiki deployment for many project specific management. These wiki’s are not displacing other tools for client management or work-flow management, but are being deployed as an advanced resource for the knowledge-base that is collected with these projects. Since they are primarily modifiable by the participants, these geographically dispersed groups, are finding the information searchable, and adaptive to the performance and success of their projects. The ability for the participants to determine how they will use the technology creates a collective value for the teams.

Sun Computer systems have been pointing out for years it is not the computers that is valuable, but the network. This equally applies to the deployment and use of wiki’s within organizations. As the collective wisdom, collaboration, development, uses and participation of the individuals are collected, the value to the group increases.

Once the knowledge is collected and drawn upon for wisdom, client management, sales process cycle management, and more, the more value the organization retains and the less it loses when they experience the loss of an individual contribution.

Is the use and deployment of a wiki an action that organizations need to make? Not necessarily. The original question was if wiki’s are worth it, and to answer that I suggest that companies individually determine what knowledge and wisdom their people have and what would the loss of that knowledge would mean if they left. The use of a wiki is not the only solution to retaining group knowledge, but it is one that will be used more and more as the tools for collaboration and knowledge retention increases.

Comments (0) Jul 16 2009

With “fast” becoming the word of the century, it is little wonder that easily editable online encyclopedias, such as Wikipedia, are increasing in popularity daily. These encyclopedias are know as “wikis” and were named as such by Ward Cunningham, creator of WikiWikiWeb, during a trip to Hawaii. According to Cunningham, he was traveling on the Change RT-52 shuttle bus in the Honolulu International Airport, and found the line was also known as “Wiki Wiki”, Hawaiian for “fast”. This encounter inspired Cunningham to name his quickly updated site with the same name. The Hawaiian term’s double meaning “what I know is” also worked perfectly for Cunningham’s educational site.

Many already know wikis are fast, but what exactly is a wiki? Wikis are defined as a site that permits those viewing it to add to, or remove from, the site. Wikis may require registration, but some of the most popular wikis, such as Wikipedia, are able to be edited without registration.

Wikis are generally broken into three types: public, protected and private. Public wikis are those that allow anyone to edit pages within the site without registration. If registration is required, it is free, still allowing anyone to edit content. Protected wikis differ in that they can be seen by all but changed by only a few. These wikis have an administrator that grants permission to certain users to add to or delete from pages. These administrators also make and enforce rules to ensure that content is correct and reputable. Private wikis are not visible on the open web, but are instead confined to a certain company or organization’s server. Only those within the company can view these wikis. Editing of these wikis is usually confined to a few administrators and those who gain permission from administrators to edit.

The most popular type of wikis, public wikis, operate on server-side systems that allow for users to edit each page with little to now knowledge of HTML. Users simply type what they wish to add into a “wikiengine” that quickly and easily converts each message into HTML format to add onto the page. This easy process is popular because it allows those with no knowledge of HTML to contribute to the site. Also, the unrestricted access makes changes quick since users do not have to go through any type of screening process as would be necessary with internet forums or other online chat sites.

The advantages seen with wikis can be seen as disadvantages as well. Many worry that unrestricted access allows for false information or spamming, known as “wiki vandalism”. Some say this is remedied by a dedicated community of users that watch each page individually, but critics say these users are only human and can easily miss such vandalism. Also, excessive spamming can be cause by automated “bots” that may be used to continually add content to a wiki. Although some sites can block such bots, there is no guarantee that all wiki sites are 100% vandalism free. If a certain page experiences intense problems with vandalism, this page can be cut off from editing or restricted to certain users if necessary.

Besides the concern with false information and spamming appearing on wikis, users still desire the quick source of knowledge provided by wikis. Wikis can be used for a variety of things from business research in business wikis to school projects researched on Wikipedia. Wikis are on a one-way street to fame, and no one seems to mind.

Comments (1) Mar 14 2009

Xooguru is a shopping wiki where users can contribute shopping related information. At the end of each month, half of all the profits generated by the site are passed on to those who contributed. Money is generated by pay per click advertising and affiliate schemes. The administrators search the site for new and updated entries and add relevant advertising. This means that users do not have to worry about advertising and only have to worry about adding good useful content. The site is free and simple to use.

Information added to the site can be in the form of an article such as a how to article or advice on a certain topic. Users can also add more specific information on a product or merchant. As the site is a wiki, entries can be edited and amended by other users.

The way that the profits are distributed depends on the number of times your entry has been viewed, the quality and quantity of the contribution and the number of external back links there are to the page as measured by Google. This means that if you have a blog or are active in social networking sites or write articles, you can increase the value of your contribution and the amount of money you make.

Why Contribute To Xooguru?

You don’t need your own website or blog so you can contribute as little or as much as you like free.

You don’t need to know any HTML, all you need to know is a bit of wiki code which is almost as simple as using Notepad.

You don’t need to hunt for and sign up to appropriate affiliate schemes.

As xooguru.com is a combined effort, you benefit from the efforts of other people. The more people that contribute, the better the search engine rankings of all entries and the more likely it is that your entry will be found.

Please contribute to the wiki and help make it the ultimate shopping resource.

Comments (1) Jan 14 2009

Love wiki is a free online encyclopedia which is used by people all over the world to get information on love. For all your information needs on love information, this is your one stop shop. You will find that love wiki is both informative and interesting. There are very many things there is to learn about love. This is because it is a complex feeling that is often hard to define. All the aspects of love will clearly be read on the love wiki. The following is some of the information that you will find, when you check out the love wikipedia. The first thing is the definition of love. According to the wiki, love is a number of emotions that are related to a feeling of strong affection. There are many other definitions and, the word love can show a number of different feelings which range from an intense physical pleasure to a very strong interpersonal attraction. When you find a person to love romantically, you develop a very strong interpersonal connection which is usually a very pleasant feeling.

You will also get a chance to learn the abstract form of love which is defined very clearly. There are various perspectives of love that you will learn about and, if you are interested in learning about the scientific models of love, you will be very enlightened. The following is an overview of what the biological perspective on love is. Love is compared to thirst or even hunger. It is seen as an inevitable part of life that is often very necessary for the development of human beings. You will also benefit from many other facts in regard to the scientific models of love. The other thing that you will find in the wiki is the various cultural views on love and affection. This is probably one of the most interesting aspects of love that you need to know about. You will be given a Persian view or perspective of love. If you are interested in learning about the Chinese culture, and what their views on love were, this is definitely the place to be. Traditionally, a lot of value has been placed on the importance of love.

The Persians believed that everything was encompassed by love. Love determined our relationship with fellow members of society, as well as divine creator. This is still the belief today and, this is a very similar view of many other cultures.

The wiki will give you a love view from the Japanese, Greek, Latin people, Turkish people and many others. A religious view will also be provided for you as you get to see how people view love in this basis. Christians have a famous quote that says that ‘God is love’. This statement has been a source of debate and, it is vital that you read more information on this. All this and more will be found on the love wiki. The information is presented in an easy way where you will have fun as you learn.

By Francis K Githinji

Comments (0) Jan 07 2009