Ward Cunningham
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 A beaming Ward Cunningham, circa 2006 | |
| Howard G. Cunningham | |
|---|---|
| Age: | born: 26 May 1949 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Other names: | Ward Cunningham 'The creator of wiki' The father of wiki |
| Nationality: | American |
| Language(s): | English |
| Residence: | Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, United States of America |
| Home wiki(s): | WikiWikiWeb, aka Ward's Wiki |
| Editing status: | Active |
| Pers. website: | https://C2.com |
| Contact(s): | Twitter feed |
Ward Cunningham, the inventor of wiki, was the co-author of the book The Wiki Way, along with Bo Leuf, first published 2001.
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Howard G. Cunningham, M.S., born 26 May 1949 in Michigan City, Indiana, USA, usually known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer, and inventor of the wiki.
Within the wikisphere, Cunningham is best known as the author and creator of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb; the name of which was inspired by wiki, the Hawaiian word for 'quick'.[1] In 2011, he created Smallest Federated Wiki, a software tool for wiki federation, which applies aspects of software development such as forking to wiki pages.
- Publications
- Bo Leuf, Ward Cunningham (2005); The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web; Addison-Wesley Professional; 5th printing; ISBN 020171499X.
- Rick Mugridge, Ward Cunningham (2005); Fit for Developing Software; Prentice Hall PTR; ISBN 0321269349.
- References
- ↑ Correspondence on the Etymology of Wiki; C2.com; Ward Cunningham; November 2003; retrieved 18 January 2022.
- External links
- Ward Cunningham user page — on WikiWikiWeb, also known as Ward's Wiki
- Ward Cunningham (Q7637) — at Wikimedia Wikidata
- Ward Cunningham — at the English Wikipedia
- Quotations from Ward Cunningham — at the English Wikiquote
- ERCB: The Wiki Way (2001) – book review — at ERCB.com (via Archive.org); Electronic Review of Computer Books
- Ward Cunningham discusses Eclipse, wiki, and agile development — at SQLSummit.com, Ken North Computing, LLC., 7 April 2006
- Ward Cunningham on the Crucible of Creativity — impressionistic transcript from Ward Cunningham’s opening keynote at WikiSym, at Corante.com, 17 October 2005
- Gallery of Ward Cunningham images — at Wikimedia Commons