Stumbling Towards Growth
The wiki taskforce we assembled to get our subject guide wiki up and running is made up of Library Assistants and Associates with little or no knowledge of HTML, wiki syntax or web design (except for one LA who is currently taking a class on web design). So, this has been a learning process for all of us.
One of the LAs has been enthusiastic and relentless in teaching herself wiki syntax and design, and she’s come up with some great stuff. While I was in sunny California, she was fine-tuning some tables on a page and coming up a color scheme for the wiki’s border. It all looks great! I loved being at the conference, but boy, am I happy to be back at work!
October 28th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
HOT! When I created the ALA Chicago Wiki, I had never even edited a wiki, so I knew nothing about wiki syntax. I learned everything I know about wikis from playing with them and from looking at a cool page someone else made, hitting edit, and seeing what they did. Enthusiasm and play is what will get you and your colleagues there, and it sounds like you all definitely have enough enthusiasm to make it happen!
October 28th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
All of my web design (HTML, wiki syntax, etc) and other computer coding (Linux) I learned by copying other people and playing around, and I’m encouraging my coworkers to do the same. Despite the rep I have at MPOW of being a “computer guy,” I realized recently that when it comes to technology, I’m like Mr. Magoo–I wander around enthusiastically and myopically, and if anything works out, it’s purely by luck.
Enthusiasm and play. Yeah, that’s definitely the way to go.