A blog is a webpage where one user, the blogger, posts articles, news, or any media and other users then read and comment on the different posts. A wiki on the other hand is a created and edited by many different people. Both blogs and wikis can be created to write about the same things such as a hobby, news, people, etc. Wikis just allow for more interaction by different people on the same thing. Blogs only allow for responses to the main posts.
Convergance is extremely important in our society today. Much of technology and new media is based on interaction between everyone, no matter where they are in the world. Blogs and wikis are the perfect medium for such interaction. Blogs can be used to post news about things going on in one area of the world, with the readers offering their opinions in the comments. Wikis can be used by businesses and schools to create and edit a single write up on an issue or assignment. Email used to be the main form of sending a document around to different people, but wikis make it easier for each person to add their own input from whereever they are. Wikis are all about easy collaboration. Margaret Locher's article "Wiki While You Work" speaks of how a team at EMC used wikis to post all of their information on a project. Having all the information available to them in such a timely manner allowed them get the project done faster and better.
New uses for wikis can be in businesses like restaurants and stores with more than one location. They can use wikis to post inventory information between locations and headquarters. Another use can be for restaurant reviews by consumers. A wiki can be created for each restaurant and all kinds of information and opinions can be posted by the users.
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