[ale] interesting utilities

[Swantje Willms]

The Swiki (http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/swiki) has an email feature as
well.

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, John Wells wrote:

> Yeah, I modified the PhpWiki code base to provide just this functionality
> for my company.  It's very useful.
> 
> John
> 
> Joseph A Knapka said:
> > 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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