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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Ward Cunningham  
Ward Cunningham
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Spotlight: Wiki-this, wiki-that; what is a wiki and when did the wiki-mania start? A wiki is a collaborative website that can be edited by anyone. Ward Cunningham, an Oregon native, developed the technology, naming it "wiki" after the word for "quick" in Hawaiian. Wiki was first released as WikiWikiWeb on this date in 1994. Fourteen years later, the internet community can do a lot with wikis, including sharing information in article form on Wikipedia and collaborating on Q&A with WikiAnswers.
Quote: "I think there's a compelling nature about talking. People like to talk. In creating wiki, I wanted to stroke that story-telling nature in all of us." Ward Cunningham
Question of the Day: What is a 'wiki'?
A wiki is a web page that anybody can edit. Interactive web pages are nothing new. Bulletin boards and discussion forums have been common for a long time. They let you "edit" a web page in that you can post your own content. But a wiki goes beyond this. It lets you edit what other people have posted. This way, the content can evolve and improve over time. More
Word of the day: equinox (ee-kwuh-noks, ek-wuh-noks)
The twice yearly times when the lengths of day and night are equal. At equinox, the sun is directly over the Earth's equator. The vernal equinox occurs about March 22 and the autumnal equinox about September 21. Houghton Mifflin Company)
Usage: The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring.
For those in the northern hemisphere, spring has sprung. Flowers are blooming, the world is green, and we can feel summer in the air. Take a whiff of this week's words having to do with spring and regrowth.
Previous words: effloresce, juvenescent, odium
Today's History:
Coxey's Army  
Coxey's Army

Today's Birthdays:
Jim Lovell (c.) and Apollo 13 crew  
Jim Lovell (c.) and Apollo 13 crew

 
 
 

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