Wednesday, January 23, 2008

How do you do that?


wikiHow is a wiki-based collaboration to build the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. It was created by Jack Herrick and Josh Hannah. The site started as an extension of the eHow website and has evolved to >29,000 how-to articles. In December 2007, wikiHow had 8.5 million unique readers who visited 11.7 million times that month. Can you guess the topic of the first article to reach 1 million page views? I won't spoil the fun for you. Check out their milestones page for the answer.

If you're for something interesting to do during a lull moment, check out the content on wikiHow. In browsing around, I found an article on How to run up a wall and flip. That's something I frequently see in action movies and often wonder if it can really be done or if they're using the smoke-and-mirrors of the movie industry. Check out the how-to instructions on how to wall flip. I immediately began to wonder how popular this topic might be. I found numerous videos on YouTube describing and demonstrating how to run up a wall and flip. Check out the wikiHow article and the two videos posted below. Each video has taken a bit different approach. Although the wikiHow site has photos in the how-to article, it doesn't have a video demonstrating how it is done, which I think would be valuable and definitely entertaining. What do you think?

Taegashi Wall Flip Tutorial



As posted on YouTube by EmperorErnest

Wall Flip Tutorial



As posted on YouTube by Jumpism

The wikiHow wiki definitely meets my criteria for a neat site: it has informative, amusing, and entertaining content. I hope that you find it interesting and helpful too. Post a comment on this blog about the most interesting article you find in wikiHow. Enjoy!


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