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Wiki.Name is a wiki for names of course. It’s meant to be a virtual encyclopedia of all names—celebrity names, nicknames, baby names, and even brand names make the cut. As it is a wiki, anyone can contribute to the entries and add information. The wiki offers more than just quick definitions; you’ll also find etymologies, origins, facts, similar names, popularity and famous people with the same name. Names are currently divided into five categories: girl and boy names, baby names, surnames and place names. There’s also a section entitle ‘articles’ in which you can find inform... read more
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There are tons of videos circulating around the internet; however a good deal of those videos aren’t reaching large chunks of the world’s population due to language barriers. Keskidi aims to change that. It works as a collaborative wiki in which users can come together and add and edit video subtitles. Here’s how it works: a user imports a video from a site like Youtube or DailyMotion and starts adding captions. This is where the wiki part kicks in. Other users will pitch in, translating the captions into their respective languages. There’s a timer tool for synchronization. Capt... read more
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CollegeWikis.com is a new site that aims to combine the school-specific social networking of Facebook with dynamic informational content about colleges, via the ever-popular wiki style. Each CollegeWiki captures intra-school content and communication, and through the wiki format, users are able to constantly update the page to keep it fresh and informative. There are links to current events, survey questions, a calendar, dorm and course email lists, a "Random Page," and more. Users can pose questions or share answers for others at their school. There is a school-wide message board called "iKno... read more
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Wikis aren’t sexy, this we know. They, are however, pretty practical. Take Nuospace, for instance. It takes your average plain Jane business wiki and makes it into a marvel of streamlined efficiency. You and your workmates can collaborate effortly, without having to study wiki markup. Text can be edited within your browser using the WYSIWYG editor. All tools are conveniently located on one page: comments, revisions, documents and texts. Wiki document management lets you approve, reject, lock and route. A subscription based notification service keeps you up to date as changes are mad... read more
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Something new or something already known by everyone?. Wikispaces is built to work anywhere, anytime. All you need is a web browser and an Internet connection. Members can create pages and spaces without undue restrictions or rules. Guests can edit pages without creating an account. Wiki pages are fully internationalized, so you can contribute content in any language you like. They take care of hosting, backups, and upgrades so you don't have to worry about that. Wikispaces is designed to be usable for everyone. They've built a visual editor that lets you see the layout and design of your page... read more
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PBWiki claims that their wikis are as easy to make as that staple of American school lunches, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The service, used by Citi and AT&T, is available for both business and educational institutes. Its collaborative features offer office workers a respite from email inundation as wikis can be implemented to share updates and knowledge. The WYSIWYG editor works simply, mimicking your favorite word program. Adding members is a matter of entering in email addresses. Files and plug-ins (Slide, Youtube, Gabbly, etc) can be easily integrated. Other features include a... read more
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Linga is a hypertext tool which combines comment threads, wikis, and bookmarking. Basically, in using linga members are able to create wikis for whatever webpage they're interested in and add comments, links to other pages, and information from different sources. The browser plug-in allows you to automatically bookmark pages as you surf the web. The wiki options include headers, bulleted links, fonts, and there's a syntax ledger as well. Each wiki entry is logged, so changes can be tracked. You don't need an account to view Linga wikis, however editing and commenting in the wikis do requi... read more
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ThoughtFarmer is a wiki-styled tool designed for the work place. It brings along a social networking structure giving employees the ability not just to author projects in an open and easy to use platform, but also the ability to chat, upload photos, and create PDFs, integrate RSS feeds and make announcements. As with other wiki based software, ThoughtFarmer allows collaborative editing (which is logged and attributed), inline tagging and access management. The UI is designed to be intuitive and user-friendly. ThoughtFarmer is designed for corporate intranets with at least 100 users. There... read more
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Aspiring reporters and scribes take note, CJReport is a new site whose content is created by the citizenry. Citizen journalism is a popular theme of late, for who better to write the news, than the people who live the news? Unlike other pro-am sites, CJReport admits anonymous posts, and edits. Also it's got a Digg-like component, whereby users vote for the top stories to appear on the front page. Stories are categorized by topic, switch through the tabs to browse them. On the page bottom, you'll find the latest releases. Contributing to CJ is similar to using a wiki. There are tabs for ... read more
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Want to create a professional, extremely customized social network? Blogtronix is your go to company. They provide corporate level, enterprise social networking, blogs, wikis, CMS and RSS among other things. Blogtronix is highly flexible. Your data remains yours. Hardware and software may be delivered together so you can rest assured of the safety of your assets. All their products come either on-demand, as software, or as the aforementioned appliance. Blogtronix provides collaboration tools with groups, autoposting and advanced searching. Their media publishing tools include flash com... read more
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Wetpaint powers websites that tap the power of collaborative thinking. The heart of the Wetpaint advantage is its ability to allow anyone, especially those without technical skill, to create and contribute to websites written for and by those who share a passion or interest. To do this, Wetpaint combines the best aspects of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks so anyone can click and type on the web.... read more
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Triporama is a trip planning site. It makes coordinating group travel easy. Features include shared trip research and storage, invites, task management, polls, announcements, discussions. You can write down and record important details, like travel routes and arrival times. You can send out group emails. The site also offers a Group Travel Guide which gives you tips, trip ideas, deals and a travel directory. Current deals include beach getaways in Florida, bike tours of California Wine Country and Transatlantic cruises. You can’t book directly from the site, but you can save trips for... read more
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