Blogs vs. Wikis

How can blogs be used for collaboration?

     Well definitely, Blogs can be used for collaboration and its a powerful tool. But we fail to harness it's full capability because were simply to occupied with other important activity. Blogs can be used to make new friends through online interaction. It can be used for coordinating and publishing events with fellow relatives or friends. By exploring, engaging, and communications are the key ingredients of expanding your audience on or offline. Furthermore, it can also spread awareness throughout the community about related issues such as domestic violence, health concerns, suspicious activities and many more.
     In the article Brooklyn Blog Helps Lead to Drug Raid, by Michael Wilson, he illustrates how a simple blog from a local neighborhood located in Brooklyn, allowed cops to initiate a drug raid at a suspicious apartment. This blog allowed bloggers within the community to express their thoughts about the suspicious activity that was going on inside the apartment. People were outrage about what they were seeing such as fighting, loud noises, selling drugs and many ridiculous unethical behavior. These bloggers had to put an end to this mayhem and contacted law enforcement to intervene. As each day pass, they were recording every "daily activities in detail". Eventually, as law enforcement had enough evidence gathered against these suspects, the police finally went in to arrest these individuals.
     After reading this article it definitely opened my eyes of how powerful this tool can be. People were tired of seeing crackheads selling drugs and unlawful suspicious activities taken place in the neighborhood. These bloggers communicated with each other on a daily basis and reported their finding to law enforcement. As I stated before, this is a perfect example that shows us how powerful blogs can be used for collaboration.

Can you think of a new use for a wiki that has not been done yet?

     After thinking about it, I think it's possible to create a wiki to sell your own sell. I don't think its best option because there are better alternative plan to conduct your business. But, for the non tech-savvy individuals that have no prior knowledge in coding, this option can be a benefit. In the article, How To Use Wikis for Business, by Ezra Goodnoe, she states how conventional project management tool cannot replicate the same circumstances of collaboration and engagement that wikis create. Wikis are inexpensive, easy to implement without hard coding it and  "they don't require a massive software rollout". They are easy to design and work well with existing network infrastructures. Wikis are definitely easy to organize your content and don't really require stylist techniques. You can create a wiki and design it to your desired preference. Also, you're able to put up your own items to sell, just like how Amazon and EBay conduct their business. But, you better have an unbreakable password to prevent unauthorized users to access your account.