Blogs vs. Wikis

Wikis are meant to be organized while blogs are chronological posts. A wiki is a somewhat like a table of contents; there is usually a list of topics and you can go to one you want without necessarily seeing the others. Blogs require you to browse through them, or use a search function via a keyword, to find what you want. But both allow people to come together and express their views. Wikis allow people to edit previous posts and add new things. Blogs have posts and comment sections so that the original poster know what others think. Whole conversations can be had in the comments sections in blogs, but cannot occur in wikis.

The article on corporate wikis said "obviously people are finding them useful, so that means there’s some need to collaborate that’s not being satisfied well enough by other tools." Wikis provide a more organized source of information than blogs. While blogs may be helpful for company stress relief, wikis can give the employees a sense of belonging if they contribute and are able to edit their co-worker's and boss's posts.

Blogs can be used to collaborate mainly by each person posting a new thing. Or they can comment on previous posts. But this may get confusing and sometimes may not be effective.

A wiki can be used for all kinds of things. Perhaps the medical field doesn't utilize wikis too much yet. They would be able to present their findings and data on specific research projects and experiments.