Blog Vs. Wiki

A wiki is an online space for people to collaborate and edit content. It's great for group projects and team editing. A blog on the other hand can be look at as that similar to a diary. Its individual focused. Blogs are a way for one to express his or her opinion on something. On blogs you can comment on things others have wrote about. A wiki on the other hand is great for a group project or studying and sharing material with friends for a test. 

What makes both of these similar is that they are Both a way to communicate with others. However a wiki space is more of a discussion based atmosphere.Blogs on the other hand are great for collaboration because they allow those who don't have access to you to access what you have to say.

An example of a collaborative effort using blogs was discussed in New York Times article talking about the bayridgetalk.com blog. This blog was used by people in the neighborhood to discuss suspicious drug activity going on at a specific house. These bloggers helped the police and as a result it led to the arrests of some of these individuals.

However Blog's can be controversial as well. In the article "Pentagon keeps wary watch as troops blog" we see how soldiers blogging about their personal stories may be against the privacy of the government. There seem to be many soldiers who want to share their voice but due to security concerns this may be banned.

 I think a great use for wikis would be to use them in order to collaborate for individual families. A website based wiki to keep track of family history and events etc. I think it would be a great way for families to converge with one another by adding their individuality to the website.