Wiki's and Microblogging aka Don't Fence Me In

Look Ma, two blog posts in one day!

Anyway.... Wiki's. I am addicted to these things. However, that is in the reading sense, not the editing sense. The moment I want to look something up off I go to find a Wiki that has it. My personal favorite is Wikiquote. I love looking up quotes that make me laugh, when I'm having a rough day. My most visited pages are the Torchwood quote page and the MST3K quote page.

I also surf Wiki's that are specific to things I like doing, watching or learning about, such as the TARDIS Wiki, which is dedicated to Doctor Who and it's spin offs and the how to Wiki, where you can learn how to fix, cook, make or build anything.

But ask me to edit or make a Wiki and I run away. They claim they are easy to create but that a laugh riot. I spent two hours trying to edit one once and gave up, because no matter what I did the page never turned out right.

I bow to those who are expert Wiki makers, but me I would prefer to remain a fan.

Now Microblogging.....when I remember to do it, it's fun. I have a Yammer account and a Twitter and I always enjoy what people are saying. I even find the traffic reports from the police great when I can't turn my radio on.

However, what I don't like is those Twitters who tell you everything they are doing every second of the day. I can't tell you how many interesting Tweets I've missed because of an ad bot spamming my feed or someone moving through a airport and ticking off the gates they are going past. I believe less is more when it comes to Twittering.

Other then that, Twitter is a great way to keep in touch with people and learn the news as it happens. If you want to follow me, my Twitter account is Jania28. I will warn you some of the people I follow use strong language when they tweet.

See you next week!

-JP