Wiki, wiki, wiki, wiki…
Greetings Beat Readers,
So here we are back at it again. For a final project in my Computer Science class at The New England Institute of Art I must compose a Wikipedia entry or edit, add, update an existing entry. Wikipedia has been a fantastic online encyclopedia resource that I have referenced quite often in the past. I never actually gave much thought to the meaning of the word wiki. Every time I hear or think about the word wiki it conjures up childhood memories of one of my all time favorite old school hip-hop track “Jam On It” by Newcleus. Wiki, wiki, wiki, wiki… The actual meaning of the word wiki is “crowd sourcing.” That is exactly what Wikipedia does, and it’s brilliant. It is going to be a challenge to find a relevant topic of interest to create a new topic so I may find myself editing and adding more pertinent info to an existing Wikipedia topic for this assignment. Bidding you a lovely rainy New England day from audio land…
Check the embedded video: (listen to 1:03)
hmmm.. actually literal meaning of the word wiki is from Hawaiian wikiwiki, meaning quick.
Crowd sourcing is the conceptual principle upon which it is based.