Today I attended the Gilbane Conference on content management and new technologies like corporate blogs, rss and wikis. The keynote debate on these subjects impressed me. The speakers were easy to relate to and shared personal anecdotes regarding their experience applying these technologies with corporation.
These two speakers made their point about new technologies by citing case studies and personal experience:
David Berlind, Executive Editor, ZDNet — Blog
Ross Mayfield, CEO, Socialtext, Inc. — Blog
David Berlind described how his family used a Wiki to discover members separated by the holocaust and how it united through creating a family tree. It was very refreshing to hear real language, not “conference speak.” He also shared a great anecdote about monitoring his son’s Myspace page.
Ross Mayfield shared exceptional case studies of his company, Socialtext, Inc. replacing a European banks intranet with a Wiki. See: http://www.socialtext.com/customers/customerdrkw/ He’s someone whose opinion I respect.
I’m curious if the estimates about the rise of Wiki use, due to its increased simplicity, will infact grow at the rate mentioned.
