Wiki is like a leaky bucket of information. It's losing information every day. But more information is coming in, so the net is positive. Even if it … - Ward Cunningham

When I was at Tek, I was frustrated that computer hardware was being improved faster than computer software. I wanted to invent some software that was completely different, that would grow and change as it was used. That’s how wiki came about.

The blogosphere is a community that might produce a work. Whereas a wiki is a work that might produce a community. It’s all just people communicating.

My hope is that wiki becomes a totem for a way of interacting with people. Tradition in the work world has been more top down, while wiki, standing for the Internet, is becoming a model for a new way of work. Largely driven by reduced communication costs, it changes what needs to be done and how it’s going to get done. I hope that the wiki nature, if not the wiki code, makes some contribution.