This link leads to a list of suggested rules for a corporate Blog or Wiki. The rules are common sense things that should be adhered to by all corporate bloggers. But what I found interesting was a reference to where the word "wiki" comes from. I always figured it was some Scandinavian word. But according to the article, it comes from the Hawaiian word for fast (actually, the word is wiki wiki).
This seems to be confirmed by what fellow Daynoter Bo Leuf says is the first wiki, the Portland Pattern Repository and developer Ward Cunningham.
Small world. There are other Hawaiian words that have crept into the vernacular. Three other examples are lanai (a porch or veranda), lei (a garland of flowers), and kahuna (a wise man or shaman). No doubt there are others so if you know of any, let me know and I'll start a list. Note all of the definitions are from the Oxford English Dictionary so I figure if it's there, it must be generally known.
