Blog v Wiki

               To me, the main difference between a blog and a wiki is that a blog is mainly written by one person and read by others, like a personal webpage or sorts. A wiki is written and contributed to by many people. This can be on a personal level (wikipedia) or a business level where many people in a company contribute to their wiki.
              This idea is definitely not set in stone as blogs can be used for collaborative purposes. The best example of this is the article "Brooklyn Blog helps lead to Drug Raid" by Michael Wilson. BayRidgeTalk.com was a blog about general things going on in Bay Ridge. In the end it was utilized by the residents of a Brooklyn neighborhood who were tired of the drug sales going on below them, causing an unsafe environment. It eventually led to a raid of the crack house by police. This is a perfect example of how blogs can be used for collaboration and in this case, it helped make a neighborhood safer.
                In the article "How to Use Wikis For Business" by Ezra Goodnoe, he tells of how you can utilize wikis to be used in a business environment. I believe I have come up with another way wikis can be utilized. I think it would be possible to collaboratively write a song using a wiki. It would be VERY interesting to do something like this. A group could contribute their thoughts, verses could be deleted, choruses could be changed and chords rearranged. It would be the ultimate way of songwriting which is usually done by one or two people. The hardest part would be knowing when to stop editing it because in music, you can always 'make it better'.

Businesses without E-commerce: Stuck in the 20th Century

          The idea behind the topic of my paper starts with a personal experience. The company I currently work for is a fashion jewelry company that sells to retailers all across the United States. We have lots of inventory from returns, cancellations, etc...Until a few months ago most of that inventory was just sitting around getting stale. One word changed everything, E-commerce. We now sell across many internet marketplaces such as eBay, Amazon, Sears and more. Our once stale inventory is now available all across America. This shows that businesses that sell items and/or services, that do not have an E-commerce presence, are severely behind in the times and are hurting their businesses without even knowing it.

          I plan to use a personal approach to this topic since I have experience with both my own small business and the larger corporation I currently work for. I will show how E-commerce has changed the game of business and anyone who does not follow will eventually be left in the dust.