Item # 18 -on-line word processor

I'd experimented a little with Zoho Writer and was very impressed by the options available in this program. The idea that you can create, share and edit many different types of documents without downloading the program onto your desktop is new for me. Even if I don't use Microsoft Word or Excel everyday in my work, I definitely will learn more from Zoho and other on-line word processors for my future use. I checked different parts of Zoho, such as Zoho meetings, Zohoshow, ZohoWiki, Zohoplanner. It is a lot of things to take in. I liked the idea of templates for resumes, cover letters, accident reports, invitaions and many other things. As far as I understood it is even possible to create documents in different languages. I tried to create a document in Zohoshow and made a number of slides that look like Power Point slides.
http://show.zoho.com/public/yarnspinner/Learning%202.0

Item #17 - playing with PBWiki

I added my blog to the list of favourites and had a little play in a Sandbox. I checked the Favourites books, movies,websites and restaurants but did not edit or add any entries. Our library does not have any wikis and I started my own one on the PBWiki but did not put enough effort into it yet. I need to think who I want to invite to edit and add on my wiki and what is the purpose of all of it.
I see a future potential in the concept of 'wiki" and look forward for using it in my working environment.

Item#16 - Wiki

Wiki is another new concept for me. It is all about collaboration, community and contribution. At the same time the main objection is trust, security and ethics. Anyone can contribute, edit and create. There are a lot of interesting possibilities that can involve wikis: community guides, study groups, on-line tutorials, book discussions, management and planning collaboration and many more. Thanks to this new open-source, open-access technology everything becomes more transparent and democratic, brings to the process more opinions, feed backs and comments. It may change organizational culture, ways of communication between management and staff, information sharing and the education process.

Some people already write their Bachelor's thesis on the subject of wikis. Some libraries open wiki's based Ideas box, where staff can log in and discuss new ideas in on-line environment. We can find different projects on-line that involve wikis. For example, http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/ project is aimed at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them.