Blogs vs. Wiki

How do blogs compare to wikis? We can start by saying that a major difference between blogs and wikis is that with wikis users have the power to change just about any of the content of the wiki, and with a blog users can voice there opinions about a topic but cannot make changes like with a wiki. Both Blogs and Wiki's are very similar because they are made up of user contribution and participation.  While blogs usually have one author and then users contribute by commenting on the blog, wiki's have many authors and editors who collectively contribute to the content of the. I believe Wiki's are more fun to work with than blogs, and they give you the power to get things done easily and much faster, the article entitled More on How to Build your own Wikipedia it states "wikis.. can help people improve their processes and get projects done", which confirms my opinion.

In the article How to use wiki's for business we see a very common example of a wiki, "The most well-known example of a wiki is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that is written and maintained by, well, anybody who feels like it." Blogs can be used in many ways of collaboration, mainly to express ideas and receive feed back that will help someone do something better. For example a book writer may want to write a blog about an idea he or she may have for the book, and take opinions to help him create something worth reading.

I believe that Wiki can be used in the workplace to create projects and or give ideas for new projects. I am pretty sure some companies are already integrating this concept in their work flows but in the companies I have worked for this has not been the case. I think it would be a great idea if this became more of a traditional way of working because it allows employees to voice their opinions and help create the content of a project and give their ideas freely and easily.