Walter Rafelsberger introduces mawih, a wiki-based mail-client. mawih seems to fetch incoming mail to wiki-pages, which should allow users to annotate/collaborate effectively on mail. this could be very useful groups of users processing a shared email-adress (f.e. office@, support@, admin@…).
according to Read/WriteWeb, Eurekster just upgraded their social search service swicki. a swicki is a user-created mixture of customized search engine (think Rollyo) and wiki, allowing its users to tag and promote search-results up & down, as well as adding their own results. sounds a lot like what Jimbo Wales is going to create [...]
cogmap is definitely among the more interesting web-apps popping up these days. best described as ‘the Wikipedia for organization charts of real-life companies”, the application offers a graphical Wiki specialized in mapping of organizational hierarchies. using an AJAxified editor, contributors – weither they officially represent the mapped company or not – are invited to collaborate [...]
the official Google blog just has announced the aquisition of JotSpot, a well-known player in the market of collaborative wiki- & online-office products reviewed some time ago. as for the deal, I’m not sure what to make of it: while few key-modules of JotSpot (spreadsheets, word processing) are already part of Google’s web-office offering (in [...]
if you haven’t been to denmark yet, here might be a good reason to go there this summer:
This year’s Wiki Symposium brings together wiki researchers and practitioners in the historic and beautiful city of Odense, Denmark, on August 21-23, 2006. Participants will present, discuss, and move forward the latest advances in wiki contents, sociology, and [...]