WEEK 7 - A WIKI'D PLAN

Welcome back fellow bloggers! This week's exciting challenge was to have a look at Wiki's but before we go there a couple of points of interest. Firstly I've managed to load music onto the blog (the coolest widget yet!) so you can now listen to your favorite tunes whilst reading my weird rantings (at least your visit won't have been a complete waste). The other point is I'm not sure how much I can rant this week as one of my little "wikis" has an ear infection (no points for guessing which one); I swear 'party boy' has his own stashed copy of "The Secret" somewhere as his ability to harness the power of the universe to mimic real illness as the school holidays end is truly amazing!

Well now down to business. I wasted a lot of time listening to pod casts, looking at library wikis when I should have just honed in on YouTube's 'idiot's guide' to wikis (wiki - online tool to develop a collaborative website - see I did listen). Whilst getting the "e-mail old way, bad", "wiki, new way, good" message for the four campers who wanted to plan their camping trip, what did really concern me was Camper No 2, John. He seemed way too keen to bring along a rope and knife. It made me want establish a link just to warn the fellow campers of his potential intentions! It did get me to thinking though about the potential use for wikis and, the next time I plan a bank job, I'm definitely signing up. As my madness knows no boundaries (something akin to many of the systems gurus out there) I created BankHeistWiki (my version of Wikipedia). I too would like to "harness the collective intelligence" of my fellow man (preferably those incarcerated in some penitentiary somewhere) and who are looking to contribute to society (me, plus a share of the loot on release). Additionally disgruntled bank employees are most welcome (bearing security codes, locations, schematic drawings etc). Just a cautionary note guys, it's best to use someone else's computer whilst 'collaborating'.

As for PBWiki, (Peanut Butter Wiki, I kid you not), is it just obvious to me or has anyone else spotted that marketing meetings should not be scheduled near lunch time? These guys obviously can't think further than their lunch boxes (they must have used the same marketing genius as Del.icio.us). Anyway, I did manage eventually to load my blog onto their website (I need to be in the remedial class, three keys EDIT, SAVE, LINK and it took me ages to find them!). During this time of searching though I did come up with something, a name. Keeping with a culinary theme here's one for free guys, "SuperSizeMeWiki"!

I'll BLOGOFF 'till next time, but before you go have a chat to Johnny (click on the phrases and Johnny speaks!). Don't forget to scratch for your secret message and please waste more valuable work time taking out your daily frustrations on "Hang the Freak" (was called this, I didn't make it up). BLOGOFFAGAINANDAGAIN!