Friday, April 17, 2009

Wiki update

To put my wiki training to good use, I created the wedding wiki for my daughter's upcoming wedding. I'm here in Richmond, she and her fiance are in South Carolina, and his parents are in Ohio, so it seemed a good way to work the deal.
We've had our ups and downs with this. I thought it would be a good way to let the future in-laws know what traditional wedding expenses were, while keeping my daughter abreast of the budget. Seems my explicit list was too much for the futures--they went a bit nuts, causing my poor daughter extra stress. But, things did get out in the open, and some readjustments were made. It has turned out to be good for keeping information all in one place, since my daughter's wedding planner is in SC with her, and the people we need to work with are here (and I'm sort of in charge of doing the planning until school lets out).
Remember my enthusiasm for the potential benefits a wiki would offer to my husband's group? He didn't get it. He said email was good enough for their communications. After having to search for a flyer so he could send it to a co-planner, I said, "This is why you should use a wiki. If all the stuff is stored there, nobody has to spend time searching for it to send it to someone else." Well, folks, the light bulb went off with a brilliant strobe. He's slow, but he does come around. His adorable wife set him up with a wiki in no time flat, and then abandoned him when he started trying to post adobe stuff. I hadn't done it, so was no help. He'll figure it out.

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