What's Wiki

It's clear now that I'm stuck on sex tonight. Was just thumbing through some previous blogs from Richard, back to the beginning of this web log, in March 2003. Found there Richard's idea that someone should record his poems, drafts and all, for all to see, on this thing called "Wiki." (He provides the link.) Now, there's an interesting idea--not only to unzip but to toy with it MTV style. Actually, I agree, it would be a beautiful thing to see a poem become.

Anyway, here's the sex part. I tried the link and was taken to this Wiki site (I am new to this stuff), where I clicked on "What's Wiki." And here is the definition I get:

"Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly."

What? Laugh at me if you will. But the underlying theme here is "Hey, it's easy as pie to use this thing!" Delivered in the most sexless techno-jargon I can imagine.