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The fabulous open source [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki platform] — the same one [[Wikipedia]] runs on — turned out to be a really good way of maintaining and building knowhow. Creating, linking and cross-referencing material in a holistic and [[non-linear]] way is simple on MediaWiki. | The fabulous open source [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki platform] — the same one [[Wikipedia]] runs on — turned out to be a really good way of maintaining and building knowhow. Creating, linking and cross-referencing material in a holistic and [[non-linear]] way is simple on MediaWiki. | ||
Being an easily distracted and essentially [[Sloth|lazy]] sod — which I maintain is a paragon virtue — this way of working suits me perfectly. You can quickly create articles, save them down, and fix them them later. You can edit while you are on the train, walking the dog, or being driven up the wall by [[middle manager]]s on interminable weekly regulatory change [[stakeholder]] check-point [[all-hands conference call|conference calls]]. It is perfect for those who are frequently interrupted and chronically wanting of an attention span. Anything you start now you can save down and come back to later. | Being an easily distracted and essentially [[Sloth|lazy]] sod — which I maintain is a paragon virtue — this way of working suits me perfectly. You can quickly create articles, save them down, and fix them them later. You can edit while you are on the train, walking the dog, or being driven up the wall by [[middle manager]]s on interminable weekly regulatory change [[stakeholder]] check-point [[all-hands conference call|conference calls]]. It is perfect for those, like me, who are frequently interrupted and chronically wanting of an attention span. Anything you start now you can save down as is and come back to later. | ||
This is content creation by a kind of alluvial process: small, inconsequential additions silt up over time. It doesn’t need a grand plan. It’s forever provisional. Iterative. That suits the erratic, impulsive nature of modern practice. It certainly suits me. | This is content creation by a kind of alluvial process: small, inconsequential additions silt up over time. It doesn’t need a grand plan. It’s forever provisional. Iterative. That suits the erratic, impulsive nature of modern practice. It certainly suits me. | ||