On Wed, 14 May 2003, Aldo de Moor wrote: (01)
> Mark Aakhus (who recently also joined this list) and I just got a paper
> accepted for the upcoming Language/Action Perspective conference, called
> "Argumentation Support: From Technologies to Tools". In the paper, we
> claim that a technology only becomes a tool if it matches the particular
> interaction needs of a community at a particular time in its lifecycle. (02)
I very much like this description. It captures many of the
important contextual elements (time, place, space, people,
current needs). (03)
I'd like to see it if you can let loose. (04)
> Strictly speaking, a Wiki is thus a technology which *may* become a tool
> that supports a method of interaction, collaboration, communication, etc.
> In turn, the method should support the way of working required by the
> community. (05)
So I should rephrase somewhat: Wiki has been a tool for me that
has worked well in certain circumstances (Helium, BlueOxen) but
I've also observed as a technology that has been provided to a
community and not worked all that well (here, my current part
time programming job). (06)
Wiki has not "achieved tool status" (square quotes for light
sarcasm) in those locations because the interaction needs for
those contexts are different not because Wiki is, in and of
itself, broken. (07)
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Chris Dent
cdent@blueoxen.org (08)
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