tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post6154110643694915988..comments2023-04-22T12:32:24.799-07:00Comments on The House of Substance: Wiki ShitSubstance McGravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-22942315334539356862011-01-24T07:34:37.090-08:002011-01-24T07:34:37.090-08:00All software should be at least slightly difficult...<i>All software should be at least slightly difficult.</i><br /><br />By that standard, then, Autodesk Inventor is a rousing success.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-5386500434150488122011-01-22T16:50:36.763-08:002011-01-22T16:50:36.763-08:00Mikey's right that I don't want to host a ...Mikey's right that I don't want to host a wiki myself: it's research into something another agency will deal with, and they'll hire IT guys to use it. There are constraints - privacy laws and copyright issues among them - that mean it should be hosted by that agency. Unfortunately the folks who are actually willing to host the thing don't seem to know much, and I know just enough to be dangerous, having hosted a very useful but barebones wiki at work.<br /><br />So what I'm trying to pry out of this is something that will satisfy my needs as a user (and the needs of others obviously) by getting them to supersede the system in my area with a better one, and also give them particular deliverables: long collaborative documents.<br /><br />So I'm not gonna be the admin - unless there's money in it somehow - but I know I wanna give them something that's easy to administrate so I get what I want and so changes don't take months of contract time (government stuff dontcha know).Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-28103881972372085522011-01-22T15:40:00.073-08:002011-01-22T15:40:00.073-08:00B4 has an inflated idea of my own wiki expertise. ...B4 has an inflated idea of my own wiki expertise. All I've done is create a site on Wikia.com and fill it with a bunch of content. It sounds like you've got much greater ambitions.<br /><br />(Captcha text: unsoul. This is getting too weird for me.)Johnny Pezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430884010621619176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-89706958056259164342011-01-22T15:02:21.003-08:002011-01-22T15:02:21.003-08:00Unless I'm missing something, it sure looks to...Unless I'm missing something, it sure looks to me like you're going about this all wrong. You don't really want to HOST a Wiki - You just WANT a Wiki. Why not go to a hosted service? Some people call them Wiki farms. I've heard good things about the service at Wetpaint and the original gangster is Wikispaces. You do have to pay, but hosted services have gotten pretty cheap...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-73807688621384068232011-01-22T12:22:59.281-08:002011-01-22T12:22:59.281-08:00I used to have a cat named Whack. His nickname wa...I used to have a cat named Whack. His nickname was Whackie.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-71472611724253905932011-01-22T10:29:27.817-08:002011-01-22T10:29:27.817-08:00Thanks. Sent a bleg.Thanks. Sent a bleg.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-4279352137672872562011-01-22T01:27:45.520-08:002011-01-22T01:27:45.520-08:00The go-to guy on wikis is Johnny Pez- I believe he...The go-to guy on wikis is Johnny Pez- I believe he's participated in a bunch of wikis. I have him on my blogroll.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-10880779094519987992011-01-22T00:48:33.954-08:002011-01-22T00:48:33.954-08:00Ha ha, work.Ha ha, work.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-89873946070955078462011-01-21T18:05:41.163-08:002011-01-21T18:05:41.163-08:00I don't see that at all. When I double-click ...I don't see that at all. When I double-click a file and it unzips that should be harder?Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-44078326213285192182011-01-21T17:50:36.372-08:002011-01-21T17:50:36.372-08:00"But I'm a dummy and dummies want what th..."But I'm a dummy and dummies want what they want NOW NOW NOW and don't wanna spend time fucking around with configuration and plugins and permissions and so on. Maybe some touchy developers will come by and explain things after they tell me what an asshole I am."<br /><br />Like me. All software should be at least slightly difficult.Mandoshttp://politblogo.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com