C855 Week 6 Assignment Part 2 Redux – Twiki

C855 Week 6 Assignment Part 2 Redux – Twiki

Well, I guess I did not read the description of the task in detail and did a less than  optimal job, so here is the new, improved version of the task to “Introduce a cool Web 2.0 tool to support Socio-Technical Innovation and Describe two of its features and how it supports innovation”.

On further research, as much as I enjoy the functionality of Picasa, it really does not support Socio-Technical Innovation, other than as a means of creating audio-video slideshow/movies.

The Web 2.0 Tool that I believe is best for use with STS Innovation is Twiki, which is an open source enterprise-capable wiki and web 2.0 application platform.  TWiki is flexible, powerful, and easy to use application that can create an enterprise wiki, collaboration and/or web application platform. It is typically used for creating and running project development spaces, and includes a document management system, knowledge base, and other groupware tools, on an intranet, extranet or the Internet. Its features include:

• ·         Works with any web browser
• ·         Edit link at the bottom of every page to assist the user to edit a page
•     Web pages are linked automatically.
•     Easy text formatting rules. Basically you write text like you would write an e-mail.
•      Search included.
•    Uploads and downloads any file as an attachment to a page by using your browser in a way similar to file attachments in an e-mail.
•      All changes are tracked and previous page versions can be retrieved. 
•     Content is merged automatically if more than one user edits a page at the same time.

                                  Example of TWIKI use and functions from the twiki.org website.

TWiki supports innovation by fostering information flow within an organization, letting distributed teams work together seamlessly and productively, and eliminating the one-webmaster syndrome of outdated intranet content.

TWiki got interviewed by well known blogger Robert Scoble: "How Work is Changing with the Open Source Wiki Pioneers: TWiki." See it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ns6P7MdQb0&feature=player_embedded