Wiki software, used to construct this website and others, is designed from the ground up not only to allow for collaborative input from users of the site, but to encourage it. “Wiki Wiki” is a Polynesian term for “quick”, and Wiki sites are super-quick to use and update. The most renowned is the Wikipedia, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, which is an enormous encyclopedia developed entirely by its expert users. It is a shining and triumphant example of the web’s capacity for constructive anarchy.
A wiki uses software that is installed on the web-hosting server to create a website that can be edited by anyone who has the password and access to the internet. There’s no software to download, and maintaining the text of a page requires no knowlege of html or programming.
And this Wiki could be our collaborative workspace. Or we could use another one, or we could set a new one up. It all depends on what we want a wiki to do.