Week 5

Just realised this blog won't make much sense to anyone outside the learning 2.0 circle. As I am following a set course of learning about 2.0 with a new topic each week. Week 5 is learning about Wiki's. Here is my rant about the usefulness of said tool.
At this point cannot see that wiki's would replace email as the ubiquitous email has such a grip on our work/life. The functionality of email's out of office auto replies, calendars, delivery receipt confirmation, contacting multiple recipients etc still make it a very useful method of communication.
However wikis as information sites seem to be ideal as it is very powerful to be able to publish on the web so easily rather than being reliant on the "webmaster". As someone mentioned on the NSW Public Libraries Learning 2.0 site wiki's would be ideal for things like local history information.