>>The greater problem of Wiki is not a problem of tecnologia; it is a
>>problem of instruction of the user and the resistance ubicua to the
>>change. Him people this very comfortable with tecnologia simple -
>>there is no problem. Rio does not move to a person until the person
>>jumps inside. If people do not wish to jump in the water, quizas we
>>needed to push it inwards.
>Taran
>The essential is to know how to swim to be in rio! to learn to swim
>single is learned lying down to the water Sofia Loren debia to jump to
>the water in the sea in one of his first peliculas and nonwise to
>swim but jump almost and breathlessness! And aprendio to swim. And
>asi we had one of the brilliant actresses but of all the times Victor

Forgive me for responding in English; I am pressed for time and as
you will understand I communicate faster in my native tongue (as do
all of you).

If the fear of the water paralyzes a person, they will never swim. It
is the nature of the river to be made up of water.

At a critical point, if you want to get anywhere, you have to embark.
If the ship were to stay in port waiting for those who did not want to get
on the ship, it would never leave port. This is also what happens.
People will never believe that the ship moves unless it moves. And if
people don't know about the ship, this presents another problem.

There are many successful Wikis on the internet. I'll tell you why I
haven't participated in Wikis in the region.
(1) I didn't know about them. This is basic internet marketing. It
also relates specifically to point 4.
(2) They were redundant. Wikis are all over. If there is a Wiki that
meets my interest already, a very compelling argument is needed for me
to spend time on a similar one. I don't sit around all day looking
for new Wikis to participate in. I've advocated using existing Wikis but for
some reason, which I believe is related to funding, people don't want
to use the existing Wikis. This is clearly not my problem, but the
problem of people who want to reinvent wheels.
(3) They didn't interest me. That's self explanatory. We all live
with 24 hours in every day. I prioritize my time, as does everyone else.
(4) They did not offer my input in English (a big one in Latin
America) - it takes me more time to write in Spanish (which I have
demonstrated that I can), but again there are only 24 hours in a day.

Notice - none of my reasons are technology based (except, perhaps,
point one where the onus is on the group with the Wiki). While
everyone is dwelling on all these 'technological problems and
resistance to technology', it's apparent that the usage of Wikis is
not related to technology. It's related to communication (marketing,
language, etc), appealing to people, and interest. If the demographic
you are trying to get to participate isn't online - that's a
technology problem. If they want to stick to an email list - that's a
people problem (sort of like
Mistica, despite what was said at the reunion in 2005 by myself and others!).

When you think technology is failing, look at the bigger picture - as
we said in the Navy: Check your instruments.

Taran Rampersad
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