LDS Media Talk

With all this new encouragement to blog and participate in the online discussion about the Church, many people ask themselves where they will find the time to do so.

At the Web 2.0 Conference in April this year, I saw a presentation by Clay Shirky about where people find the time to participate in Wikipedia, blogs, and other new media.

He estimates that 100 million hours have collectively gone into Wikipedia. He compares that to 200 billion hours of watching TV each year in the U.S. alone–the equalent of 2,000 Wikipedia projects a year. We spend 100 million hours in the USA every weekend watching just the advertisements–that would permit the creation of an entire Wikipedia in just one weekend if we just skipped the ads!

His point is that people have the time, but they waste it watching TV. How you use your time is a choice: good, better, or best.

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A wiki is a collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content. Wikis are often used to create collaborative Web sites, such as many community Web sites. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in businesses to provide affordable and effective Intranets and for Knowledge Management. There are also specialized wikis about various topics. MormonWiki.com is specialized wiki about Mormonism.

Learn more about wikis on Wikipedia.

This video is a plain-English explanation of wikis, including a simple explanation of how you could use one:

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