[ale] interesting utilities

Joseph A Knapka jknapka at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 5 10:50:36 EST 2002


Swantje Willms wrote:
> I'd use the wiki, if I knew that people may be posting new tools there.
> The fact that it is hard to keep up with the email is an argument FOR the
> wiki idea, in my opinion. If it's posted on the list, I will probably just
> have a glance and then it'll disappear into my ALE mail folder, never to
> be looked at again. On the wiki, things will be more accessible. I could
> go there once a week or even once a month if I'm very busy and have myself
> a "learning new tools" session, and possibly contribute one myself...
> 
> So to make a long story short: my hand goes up for Wiki.
> 
> Swantje
> 
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, John Wells wrote:
> 
> 
>>Aaron,
>>
>>I agree that wiki would work well for this sort of thing, but I'd first
>>like to get a show of hands of how many people on the list use the wiki? 
>>Not that it's not useful...but I have a hard enough time keeping up with
>>email, much less surfing out daily to see if anyone's added a new tool.
>>

Yes, Wiki is a great idea, but email does have the advantage that
you know when it arrives. The is at least one implementation of
the Wiki concept that permits users to register for alert emails
when a particular topic is updated in the Wiki; that might be a
good solution.

Cheers,

-- Joe



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