Wikis for technical documentation
Just wanted to follow up my previous post on the value of a wiki for technical documentation. I just read this interesting post from Korby Parnell entitled "Wikis Increasingly Trusted as a Source of Technical Documentation". In it, Korby points to an instance where a gotdotnet whitepaper links to documentation on a Microsoft technology that is stored on the Channel 9 wiki. This demonstrates how wikis are great for technical documentation because they are 1) more likely to be kept current, and 2) collaborative. Here's a quote from Korby's post:
"The WikiTopic to which Klaus points in his article is quietly becoming the de facto online point of reference for Microsoft iFilters. This unofficial topic will be updated and improved with much greater frequency and speed than its official counterpart on MSDN. For that, it is an immensely valuable resource for developers....The wind is blowing in the direction of collaborative online documentation. I can't tell you how fast the wind blows or from exactly which direction it comes but sails are luffing and the fleet is about to move."
Pretty cool to see wiki's being used in this way.