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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
It’s Toronto Wiki Tuesday time!
Continuing our 2008 Toronto Wiki Tuesday Guest Speaker Series,
Vanessa Peters (PhD Candidate, OISE) will lead discussions next Tuesday at Toronto Wiki Tuesday
at another new location, GROUNDHOG PUB.
http://www.torontowikituesdays.com/twiki/bin/view/TorontoWikiTuesdays/WikisInEducationMay2008
Here’s Vanessa’s description:
In this meeting I will discuss a new wiki-based scripted activity that was created for secondary school biology students. Using a co-design method, […]
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
What’s being presented and about our speaker:
As part of the 2008 Toronto Wiki Tuesday Guest Speaker Series, Adrian Fritsch (Software Consultant and founder of debatum.org) will lead discussions at Toronto Wiki Tuesday at Epicure Cafe, Here’s Adrian’s event description:
What: Toronto Wiki Tuesdays: using Wikis to Debate
The problem:
[…]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Some of you may have noticed on the upcoming page that March’s date for Toronto Wiki Tuesday was preliminary, due to a schedule clash on my diary. I’m settling on the 2nd Tuesday of the month whereever possible, making Toronto Wiki Tuesday on the 2nd weekday of the 2nd week of each month.
This month only, […]
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
My congratulations go to Connie Crosby for her talk on Wikis in Legal Practices (Do Wikis belong in Law Firms)
Slides here
Despite howling winds driving a blizzard conditions and a late change of venue, 16 people successfully ventured toInsomnia on Bloor and Bathurst. My thanks to Marc Laporte, who was visiting from Montreal to run Tiki […]
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Last month’s Toronto Wiki Tuesday marked a turning point. For the next 3 months in 2008 we have speakers lined up! To date I have usually lead a conversation based on my work with clients but I much prefer to not have to be center-stage all of the time.
Talks at Toronto Wiki Tuesdays usually […]
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Toronto Wiki Tuesdays got a brief mention in today’s National Post
‘‘I will be heading to Rower’s Pub to this month’s Toronto Wiki Tuesday, Toronto’s dedicated Wiki event. We’ve had some great topics, talking about how using a wiki efficiently creates knowledge, how we can use them to couple thinking to the output of systems […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
It seems to me that there exists many different types of people doing “wiki consulting”. They differ by:
Background/goal:
Some are technologists, doing installs, writing plugins, etc.
Some are cultural anthropologists or statistians employed to provide insight on social interactions
Some are management looking to reduce the costs of running the enterprise
Some are HR types, looking to get better […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
eWeek Wikis Are Alive and Kicking in the Enterprise
By Stan Gibson
November 20, 2006
If you haven’t heard that cry already, chances are you will soon, as the use of wikis in enterprise environments spreads like wildfire.
Proliferating virally, wiki usage has grown exponentially in recent months, along with other consumer-centric technologies—including blogs, podcasts and RSS—that have […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Its been a few months since our last TorontoWikiTuesday event. As you can see,by averaging 12 people, we’ve never had tremendous turnouts.
Speaking with Seb Paquet last week I was stunned to hear that Montreal Wiki Night frequently has turnouts exceeding 50 people.
Its clear we need a new strategy. I suspect a pub venue (while mandatory […]
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