Comments on: The Congressional content management system http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/10/03/the-congressional-content-management-system/ Strategies for Internet citizens Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:06:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: datalibre.ca · Congressional Content Management System http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/10/03/the-congressional-content-management-system/#comment-125547 datalibre.ca · Congressional Content Management System Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:54:49 +0000 http://jonudell.wordpress.com/?p=685#comment-125547 [...] Jon Udell: Recent legislative drama highlights the absurdity of expecting people to make sense of complex [...] [...] Jon Udell: Recent legislative drama highlights the absurdity of expecting people to make sense of complex [...]

]]> By: Development in a Blink » Blog Archive » More PowerShell and Congressional Earmarks http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/10/03/the-congressional-content-management-system/#comment-125541 Development in a Blink » Blog Archive » More PowerShell and Congressional Earmarks Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:50:10 +0000 http://jonudell.wordpress.com/?p=685#comment-125541 [...] Udell posted The Congressional content management system. He highlights: The absurdity of expecting people to make sense of complex [...] [...] Udell posted The Congressional content management system. He highlights: The absurdity of expecting people to make sense of complex [...]

]]> By: This American Life’s finest hours « Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/10/03/the-congressional-content-management-system/#comment-125524 This American Life’s finest hours « Jon Udell Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:28:44 +0000 http://jonudell.wordpress.com/?p=685#comment-125524 [...] written recently about a Congressional content management system. Micah Sifry makes the same point in an outstanding episode of Phil Windley’s Technometria [...] [...] written recently about a Congressional content management system. Micah Sifry makes the same point in an outstanding episode of Phil Windley’s Technometria [...]

]]> By: Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/10/03/the-congressional-content-management-system/#comment-125494 Jon Udell Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:45:01 +0000 http://jonudell.wordpress.com/?p=685#comment-125494 > http://www.mixedink.com/ Thanks Dan. Agree about the dynamics of wiki editing, this sounds like a worthy experiment. > http://www.mixedink.com/

Thanks Dan. Agree about the dynamics of wiki editing, this sounds like a worthy experiment.

]]> By: The Congressional content management sys … http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/10/03/the-congressional-content-management-system/#comment-125490 The Congressional content management sys … Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:27:24 +0000 http://jonudell.wordpress.com/?p=685#comment-125490 [...] http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/10/03/the-congressional-content-management-system/ asks Hoosgot, [...] [...] http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/10/03/the-congressional-content-management-system/ asks Hoosgot, [...]

]]> By: Dan Phiffer http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/10/03/the-congressional-content-management-system/#comment-125489 Dan Phiffer Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:02:00 +0000 http://jonudell.wordpress.com/?p=685#comment-125489 There's a start-up called MixedInk that gave a pretty impressive demo at OneWebDay/NYC. It's a wiki-like document editing platform, but (from what I remember) each edit is more autonomous and can be voted on by other users. Wikis are so all-or-nothing when it comes to revision history. Voting amounts to a king of the mountain contest among contributors. It misses an opportunity for dialogue about the specific merits or problems with a contribution. It's still in private beta, but here's a link: http://www.mixedink.com/ There’s a start-up called MixedInk that gave a pretty impressive demo at OneWebDay/NYC. It’s a wiki-like document editing platform, but (from what I remember) each edit is more autonomous and can be voted on by other users.

Wikis are so all-or-nothing when it comes to revision history. Voting amounts to a king of the mountain contest among contributors. It misses an opportunity for dialogue about the specific merits or problems with a contribution.

It’s still in private beta, but here’s a link:
http://www.mixedink.com/

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