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I initially created this website in mid-2007 hoping that it would become a wiki devoted to the promotion of [[Convivial Tools]]. | I initially created this website in mid-2007 hoping that it would become a wiki devoted to the promotion of [[Convivial Tools]]. | ||
| − | In late 2007 I created a separate [ | + | In late 2007 I created a separate [http://convivialtools.net Convivial Tools website]. At that time I had already created a significant number of pages about wikis on the present site (wikis being a good example of a "convivial tool"). It thus seemed appropriate to consacrate the present site entirely to the subject of [[Wikis]], and to the people, websites, software and concepts relating thereto. |
| − | However, my attention soon turned elsewhere, and the present site stagnated during all of 2008 and much of 2009. Meanwhile I realized that wikis have gone mainstream, and that the subject has become both banal and overly vast. In coming back to the site today (in July 2009) to do a bit of [[ | + | However, my attention soon turned elsewhere, and the present site stagnated during all of 2008 and much of 2009. Meanwhile I realized that wikis have gone mainstream, and that the subject has become both banal and overly vast. In coming back to the site today (in July 2009) to do a bit of [[Refactor]], it seems more appropriate to limit the scope of the site to [[Wiki History]]. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
