Comments on: Collaborative Idiocy: Intrigo and the Wiki-As-A-Company-Website Approach http://www.htmlist.com/rants/collaborative-idiocy-intrigo-and-the-wiki-as-a-company-website-approach/ A Web Development Blog by Synapse Studios Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Doing Twitter Right: Complete Twitter Immersion :: HTMList.com http://www.htmlist.com/rants/collaborative-idiocy-intrigo-and-the-wiki-as-a-company-website-approach/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Doing Twitter Right: Complete Twitter Immersion :: HTMList.com Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:29:58 +0000 http://www.htmlist.com/?p=92#comment-56 [...] and because none of my friends were on it. But then I watched as the Intrigo folks commented on my post on Twitter, where I could see it and respond back and something appealed to me about the [...] [...] and because none of my friends were on it. But then I watched as the Intrigo folks commented on my post on Twitter, where I could see it and respond back and something appealed to me about the [...]

]]> By: Luke Zeller http://www.htmlist.com/rants/collaborative-idiocy-intrigo-and-the-wiki-as-a-company-website-approach/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Luke Zeller Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:16:26 +0000 http://www.htmlist.com/?p=92#comment-44 Whoa, I can totally edit this blog entry! Specifically, I can add any kind of content I'd like to the bottom section. What shall I do with all this power? Muah-ha-ha-ha!... Penis. Whoa, I can totally edit this blog entry! Specifically, I can add any kind of content I’d like to the bottom section.

What shall I do with all this power? Muah-ha-ha-ha!…

Penis.

]]> By: Chris Cardinal http://www.htmlist.com/rants/collaborative-idiocy-intrigo-and-the-wiki-as-a-company-website-approach/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Chris Cardinal Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:49:56 +0000 http://www.htmlist.com/?p=92#comment-43 Eric, I don't dislike the company or you at all. You guys used to have a great looking site that I think worked well for you and exemplified your designer chops. I dislike the Wiki premise because it feels irresponsible. You have open to-dos on one of your client pages. While I'd hope that a client's FTP or server information wouldn't trickle into one of those posts, I wouldn't feel comfortable enough to think that's not a possibility. What's worse, revision history would keep it in the public eye unless you took further steps to lock down that component as well. Wikis have their place. We use one every day here. And the notion of a collaborative, corporate website is an interesting one, but one that buckles when faced with any real traffic or success. And is only ever one step away from Goatse.cx. Cheers, --Chris Eric,

I don’t dislike the company or you at all. You guys used to have a great looking site that I think worked well for you and exemplified your designer chops.

I dislike the Wiki premise because it feels irresponsible. You have open to-dos on one of your client pages. While I’d hope that a client’s FTP or server information wouldn’t trickle into one of those posts, I wouldn’t feel comfortable enough to think that’s not a possibility. What’s worse, revision history would keep it in the public eye unless you took further steps to lock down that component as well.

Wikis have their place. We use one every day here. And the notion of a collaborative, corporate website is an interesting one, but one that buckles when faced with any real traffic or success. And is only ever one step away from Goatse.cx.

Cheers,

–Chris

]]> By: Eric Nelson http://www.htmlist.com/rants/collaborative-idiocy-intrigo-and-the-wiki-as-a-company-website-approach/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Eric Nelson Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:40:36 +0000 http://www.htmlist.com/?p=92#comment-42 Hey there Chris! Sorry you don't like us very much, but I guess it had been a day or two since I'd been called an idiot so I was overdue.. Is a wiki right for everyone, certainly not. It most likely isn't right for anyone but us, but in the short time we've played around with this idea it's worked pretty well. After going through multiple site designs and ideas over the past couple years, we never settled on an idea that showed our biggest tenets and values as a company. That's where the idea for the wiki came from, it's a tool that we really do use. All posturing aside, it's a pretty good manifestation of our biggest goal, a community of people and technology that work together to create. We have had people come and edit things, and I honestly can't remember one instance of vandalism to this point. The people who have edited our wiki have turned into clients, and in one pretty cool case a rockstar employee. It may not be perfect, but it tells you a whole lot about who we are as a company and as people, and by that metric I would call it a success. Hey there Chris!
Sorry you don’t like us very much, but I guess it had been a day or two since I’d been called an idiot so I was overdue..

Is a wiki right for everyone, certainly not. It most likely isn’t right for anyone but us, but in the short time we’ve played around with this idea it’s worked pretty well. After going through multiple site designs and ideas over the past couple years, we never settled on an idea that showed our biggest tenets and values as a company. That’s where the idea for the wiki came from, it’s a tool that we really do use. All posturing aside, it’s a pretty good manifestation of our biggest goal, a community of people and technology that work together to create.
We have had people come and edit things, and I honestly can’t remember one instance of vandalism to this point. The people who have edited our wiki have turned into clients, and in one pretty cool case a rockstar employee.
It may not be perfect, but it tells you a whole lot about who we are as a company and as people, and by that metric I would call it a success.

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