I've run into something recently, and it's started me wondering: is using a wiki a skill that isn't normally taught?
For reference, I've posted on around 4 different wikis, including MediaWiki (private server), Hatta Wiki, and TiddlyWiki. In each case, after poking around at documentation on formatting markup, I've quickly started using it to organize my thoughts, track various types of information, and generally increase my productivity and organization. I find them to be wonderful tools, with WYSYWIG wikis being the easiest to start using and the hardest to make quick updates on.
With that in mind, I find it odd that several quite intelligent people seem to be having issues with them. If you're not a programmer, I can see the markup as being somewhat off-putting, but I've seen technical guys fumble at trying to be productive with them, as well. It raises a legitimate question: is this a skill that needs to be learned? Is learning it related to being familiar with HTML in general? Is this something that is only useful to certain people, but not others, based on how they process information?
Right now, I have more questions than answers. All I know for sure is that I don't see why more people aren't embracing them.
For reference, I've posted on around 4 different wikis, including MediaWiki (private server), Hatta Wiki, and TiddlyWiki. In each case, after poking around at documentation on formatting markup, I've quickly started using it to organize my thoughts, track various types of information, and generally increase my productivity and organization. I find them to be wonderful tools, with WYSYWIG wikis being the easiest to start using and the hardest to make quick updates on.
With that in mind, I find it odd that several quite intelligent people seem to be having issues with them. If you're not a programmer, I can see the markup as being somewhat off-putting, but I've seen technical guys fumble at trying to be productive with them, as well. It raises a legitimate question: is this a skill that needs to be learned? Is learning it related to being familiar with HTML in general? Is this something that is only useful to certain people, but not others, based on how they process information?
Right now, I have more questions than answers. All I know for sure is that I don't see why more people aren't embracing them.
Wunderlist I use as my list of tasks to finish.