VentureBeat: Wikimania — Pbwiki the latest wiki company
Peter Kazanjy
· 2 years ago
Actually, PBwiki just released some really awesome point-n-click editing features. The big barrier to adoption on wikis for the masses has always been the wiki markup. This can change that for PBwiki. Also, each wiki flavor has usually had its own variety of markup. Adding a graphical editor solves that lock-in issue.
Even though wiki markup is already a totally stripped down markup language, it was still substantially different enough from the Microsoft Word interface everyone's been trained on to be easily adopted. There was a pronounced learning curve for my parents when I set up a PBwiki a year ago to help us manage our family's vacation house.
With the release of the point-n-click editor, I could see this really taking off for them. So much easier for collaboration than the typical "reply-all" email threads that just get hideous.
Also, I would disagree about PBwiki being a "new" mover. PBwiki's been around for a long time, and just had much more underground buzz. For example, all of the BarCamp wikis are all built on PBwiki. Why? Cuz they're free, and totally easy to start up. That, and David Weekly does indeed have strong cred amongst the early adopter crowd, it's true.
Jeff N
· 2 years ago
$2 MM more? It's a reasonable choice as far as wikis go... but doesn't really add significant value as a solution over anyone else. I'm not sure that another $2MM for marketing towards tech folks is going to make this shine any more.
Ray Burt
· 2 years ago
When I created my wiki, I looked at all of them. PBWiki was clearly the easiest of the bunch. I have recommended it to friends who are very appreciative. I hope it grows and adds even more and better features. Note: I have no connection with the company...just a user who appreciates the product.
P-Air
· 2 years ago
I hope for their sake that they put the money to crushing bugs. Their so-called new point-n-click interface is extremely buggy. After spending two days using it building up a wiki for free before deciding whether it was worth going for the premium service, it's safe to say, that fm what I've seen so far, there'll be no pbwiki account in my future. Very disappointing after showing so much promise.
Brian Klug
· 2 years ago
Hi P-AIR. Improving the Point-n-Click interface is a priority for us. I'm personally dedicated full-time to fixing Point-n-Click editor bugs.
We've heard a lot of great feedback about how the new editor has already enabled a number of new adopters for our service. Peter's observations are correct so far - the new editor really does break down that final barrier for novice users.
Bragging aside, I assure you we will continue to improve the new editor. Every 7-10 days we silently upgrade the editor with a fair amount of bug fixes and other improvements. I'm biased, of course, but I think it will be exciting to watch our progress!
å‘电机
· 2 years ago
I’m perplexed at Kathy being a target when on the list of top people to go after, I doubt she’d be in the first 50 pages (not discrediting her work, she’s brilliant, and gentle, but not the first I’d think would have to deal with this
yotcisyero
· 2 years ago
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Japargurf
· 1 year ago
Just discovered a complete list of all marked down products at Amazon, sorted by category and % off, ranging from 50% off to 90% off (thanks Sonja for the effort).
Actually I never thought Amazon would have articles with 90% off, but only in the category Electronics there are more than 3000 of them - look for yourself, the list is on Bargain Hunter (which is a blog of a woman who specializes in finding good deals at Amazon, like Britain’s "Jeanie").
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Even though wiki markup is already a totally stripped down markup language, it was still substantially different enough from the Microsoft Word interface everyone's been trained on to be easily adopted. There was a pronounced learning curve for my parents when I set up a PBwiki a year ago to help us manage our family's vacation house.
With the release of the point-n-click editor, I could see this really taking off for them. So much easier for collaboration than the typical "reply-all" email threads that just get hideous.
Also, I would disagree about PBwiki being a "new" mover. PBwiki's been around for a long time, and just had much more underground buzz. For example, all of the BarCamp wikis are all built on PBwiki. Why? Cuz they're free, and totally easy to start up. That, and David Weekly does indeed have strong cred amongst the early adopter crowd, it's true.
We've heard a lot of great feedback about how the new editor has already enabled a number of new adopters for our service. Peter's observations are correct so far - the new editor really does break down that final barrier for novice users.
Bragging aside, I assure you we will continue to improve the new editor. Every 7-10 days we silently upgrade the editor with a fair amount of bug fixes and other improvements. I'm biased, of course, but I think it will be exciting to watch our progress!
and % off, ranging from 50% off to 90% off (thanks Sonja for the effort).
Actually I never thought Amazon would have articles with 90% off, but only in the category
Electronics there are more than 3000 of them - look for yourself, the list is on
Bargain Hunter (which is a blog of a woman who specializes in finding good deals at
Amazon, like Britain’s "Jeanie").