Is A Chop Suey Of Choices Turning Your Brain To Bananas? (And what to do about it!)

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Goldblogger

I agree. Operations manuals are critical to growing a business and to document my operations AND manage my efforts I have turned to a piece of software called GTD Tiddly Wiki.

What is it?

GTD wiki is an open-source (FREE!) piece of software that allows a user to create a wiki... a webspace that allows user to create and easily modify content.

This allows me to easily modify my operations manuals from any computer in the world -- and share that manual with freelancers and outsourced employees.

(NOTE: I have different password protected versions of the wiki posted for employees. An operations manual is a very sensitive piece of information and you would not want competitors getting ahold of a copy -- or malicious people. So think through your security plan.)

While any wiki allows you to create your operations manual online, I chose GTD Tiddly Wiki because it allows me to integrate my (Getting Things Done) GTD lists and support materials. With GTD Tiddly Wiki I can create and edit lists, and then print directly to 3x5 cards for my HipsterPDA.

Some of you might find this idea useful, especially if you outsource employees and/or work.

Hi Jason,

Thanks for sharing that!

I think private wikis can be incredibly useful for business...

I think they're a better way of keeping notes. When you think about it, they're a little bit like a huge version of a "mind map", where each "point" on a the mind map can be a new set of notes - as short as a few words, or as long as an article.

I make many of my notes nowadays using a private wiki I have installed on my computer. Personally, I use BladeWiki. It's free to download - you can get it at http://bladewiki.site.io/homepage.htm .

Also, my brother is running a games-development business with employees and freelancers, and he's installed a private wiki on his website, to help them all coordinate their activities. They're using MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org to share with each other what they've done, and communicate what they still have to do. (It's the same software behind Wikipedia, and it's also free.) I can't show you their wiki (since it's private and password-protected for their behind-the-scenes work), but his website is http://www.tridentgames.com. They have two games under development, with both scheduled to launch this year.

So, all in all, I think wikis are very useful tools for entrepreneurs, and for many others too...

Thanks for bringing that up, Jason!

Cheers

Dien