Good luck. Finding stuff in a wiki is easier than what you're currently doing, but it's not much better. Be prepared to spend a lot of time defining how the wiki should be used and enforcing that usage. -Adam On 4/18/07, Mike Hord wrote: > What I'm trying to push it to be used for is a repository of information > which is currently scattered and unfindable. Example: one of my > colleagues wrote a good document about proper grounding practices > in industrial IEEE 1394 applications. It was checked into our > corporate document management system, where it sits, unused. > No one knows where it is or how to find it. It can't be found by > casual browsing, or even by a text search, because all that system > has for indexing is two 32-char strings for a descriptor. So really, > the only person who knows where that doc is and how to find it is > him, and he already knows that information. > > He and I have had a number of arguments about this, as I feel that > putting it into a browse-able, search-able Wiki makes it more > valuable. He thinks that adding yet another document management > system, especially one with no version control, is a needless > complication. I have the boss's support, though, and I suspect that > over time more and more of my fellow engineers will start using the > Wiki. I myself intend to capture as much of the output of stubborn > people like this guy and to put it on the Wiki- just because he's > myopic on this one issue doesn't mean his information is no good. > > Mike H. > > On 4/18/07, Marcel Duchamp wrote: > > Help me become tech-savvy. > > > > What are wiki's used for on the job? > > > > Mike Hord wrote: > > > > > Non-tech-savvy folks don't know that our Wiki exists. Truth to tell, the > > > big problem here is convincing people to actually USE the Wiki. It > > > basically seems to be divided along generational lines and core > > > job description lines. Most of the software guys are pretty happy with > > > it, but the hardware group seems split by age, with older guys more > > > reluctant. > > > > > > Mike H. > > > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moving in southeast Michigan? Buy my house: http://ubasics.com/house/ Interested in electronics? Check out the projects at http://ubasics.com Building your own house? Check out http://ubasics.com/home/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist