learning something new and sharing as I go
It's hard to believe that it's been four years since I created the Biz Wiki. When I first wrote about using a wiki as a research guide, I had no idea where the wiki would go. For the four year anniversary, I think it's important to address some of the things that I've learned over... Continue Reading →
Over the past couple of months I have received numerous calls about the Biz Wiki. The callers, emailers, and IMers all have something in common: they all own a business or work at a business whose name or contact information is incorrect on the Biz Wiki. I even got a call... Continue Reading →
This morning a colleague asked about embedding a meebo me widget into her wiki. The problem is that a default installation of MediaWiki does not allow embedding of Flash. After some searching around the web, I found this extension at Glenn's Junk Chest. I installed the extension on her wiki (not yet public), and on... Continue Reading →
I was looking through Meredith's links for her SirsiDynix talk, and noticed that she was linking to my Wiki As A Research Guide post from exactly one year ago today. It's hard to believe that one year ago I got a hair-brained idea to experiment with a different method of disseminating information to researchers. It's... Continue Reading →
eBay is having a workshop about using the eBay wiki: Host: eBay Staff Date: Friday 07/14 Time: 13:00 - 14:00 PT Description: In this workshop, Joe McCaffery, an eBay Product Manager, will review the eBay Wiki. We’ll talk about what... Continue Reading →
That's the word from the Wikipedia founder, according to a post on The Chronicle's Wired Campus blog. According to the post, "Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, says he wants to get the message out to college students that they shouldn’t use it for class projects or serious research." In an interview, Mr. Wales said that... Continue Reading →
The following post originated on my Business Blog. The Ford Library at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business has a very cool tool called "One-Click Company Intelligence." It's an A to Z list of companies that are recruiting on the Duke campus. For each company there is a link to the company's web site,... Continue Reading →
Michael Stephens was very kind in asking me some questions about my use of a wiki as a research guide. The interview can be found on the ALA TechSource blog. Thanks again to Michael for featuring the Biz Wiki.
A colleague of mine just told me of a very positive experience that she had in an instant messaging transaction last week. A patron had contacted her via our IM reference service and was needing to find financial ratios for hypermarkets in France. This sounded like a pretty tough business question, and unfortunately I've been... Continue Reading →
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