Whats the difference between a blog, a wiki and a discussion forum?
A blog is a web site, usually maintained by an individual or small team, with regular entries including commentary, descriptions of events, links to other sites, where readers can comment directly on the entries posted. A wiki is an online journal but unlike a blog is designed specifically for collaborative authoring. While a blog tends to focus on a set of entries written in chronological order like a journal, a wiki is a powerful collaborative drafting tool. It can enable people to work on projects as vast as an online encyclopedia or as something smaller such as a to do list for a project. With a more open approach to authorship, the content of a wiki can change constantly as it benefits directly from the insight and specialist knowledge of a large group of potential authors. Discussion forums are not authored by one individual (like a blog). Instead any member of the forum community can initiate or comment on a discussion topic. Discussion forums exist to promote discussion or an o
