Before joining the team at PBwiki, I co-founded a small internet startup in the entertainment industry. After a time of blood, sweat and tears, we were finally getting acquired by a larger start-up company. Needless to say, we were ecstatic and eager to get the process started. Being a very small organization when we started,Continue reading “It doesn't have to be so hard”
Category Archives: General
Tip of the Week – Customize your free wiki
Chris the Teacher asked us how we can help make his free wiki look more appealing to his students. Even a free wiki can be modified to fit in with your classroom or organization. Here are two tips I gave Chris on how to customize a free wiki. This is my tip of the week.Continue reading “Tip of the Week – Customize your free wiki”
Effective Communication – A Peace Corps and PBwiki Case Study
Jason Samuelian is a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho who introduced wikis to volunteers throughout the nine current Southern Africa countries that have Peace Corps volunteers. You can check out his public wiki here. Here is Jason’s case study, in his own words. So, why did you need a wiki? You see what we areContinue reading “Effective Communication – A Peace Corps and PBwiki Case Study”
How to encourage non-technical people to use a wiki
Most people at your company have never even heard of a wiki, so how do you get them to actually use it? Raoul Kahn, Director of Product at Seesmic, had the same problem that many of you face at your own company. Here is his advice on encouraging wiki adoption – particularly with non-technical people.Continue reading “How to encourage non-technical people to use a wiki”
So many choices – what's the best way to invite your users?
Wikis work best as a collaborative site where many people have access to read and contribute. Your job is to find people to contribute to the wiki — our job is to make it super simple for you to invite them. Check out the many ways PBwiki 2.0 has made it easy to add folksContinue reading “So many choices – what's the best way to invite your users?”
PBwiki cruise lines
When you think of taking a vacation cruise, you probably think of all the food you’ll eat, shuffle board you’ll play, and booze you’ll drink. But what do the folks running the ship think about? My bet is they think about some of the same things I think about everyday: keeping the ship operating smoothly,Continue reading “PBwiki cruise lines”
Earn your free classroom upgrade and learn how to wiki
Join the PBwiki Back to School Challenge to earn a free gold upgrade, plus the chance to win tons of classroom resources. In addition to earning awesome classroom swag — legos, books, and gift certificates for school supplies — the PBwiki Back to School Challenge will teach you how to: Build an interactive website –Continue reading “Earn your free classroom upgrade and learn how to wiki”
David Weekly Speaks @ Tec de Monterrey
There are a lot of people, organizations, and governments that are interested in the innovative culture of Silicon Valley as well as PBwiki’s unique structure that focuses on hiring (and listening to) some of the brightest people in the world. We’ve hosted a delegation from the French government in our office, spoken to SwissCom, andContinue reading “David Weekly Speaks @ Tec de Monterrey”
New Feature: Improved Settings Panel
Right now the improved settings panel is being rolled out to all education wikis, all others will see this new setting next week (Aug 18, 2008). Today wiki administrators will see an improved settings panel — with a new interface and easier navigation. The new setting panel has three categories: • Use the ‘Basic Settings‘Continue reading “New Feature: Improved Settings Panel”
New and improved RSS feeds for your 2.0 wiki
We’ve just rolled out improvements to PBwiki RSS feeds. What are RSS feeds? RSS feeds are a great way to stay up-to-date when you have lots of things you’re interested in. You can subscribe to a feed and have new information show up automatically as soon as it’s available. PBwiki has offered RSS feeds forContinue reading “New and improved RSS feeds for your 2.0 wiki”
