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'.
Hello Evan,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the point of making music on Wiki. I believe it is a great way for individuals with similar interest to interact with one another to come up with the best song/music. And indeed, there is still a possibility the best version of a song could be altered by people who have different perspectives.