What did we do before we had wikis? I really don’t know – had multiple versions of the same document floating around in people’s email I suppose, or saved it on shared drives that required emails back and forward to IT services for access to save in. Or internal intranets with designated staff only allowed to upload and edit material…
We have a university wide wiki system using Confluence, and it’s tremendous. Simple to use, easy to edit, history control, access and permissions which are easy to organise, simple exports to pdf, word or print formats, the list goes on.
I’ve been storing the work I’m doing for the repository on our wiki. The members of the repository working party can see exactly what’s going on and can make changes or leave comments. For me it’s a single storage point for the work I’ve done, which consequently makes it easy to visualise what needs to happen next.
I realise I sound like I’m evangelising but I’m definitely a wiki convert. These are great tools for brainstorming, managing projects and sharing information.
Using a wiki to record progress
August 14, 2007 by Kara

Wiki’s do come in handy! Although being from the ‘messageboard’ generation myself, using various tools together that compliment the other (i.e. wiki, live chat/irc/messenger, google docs) works best for me. But definitely agree on the impact of the wiki!
I’m really pleased it’s worked for you!!!