The 4 o'clock final top-ten list!

Ok. Here is what the top 10 book list looked like at just before 4pm. Sorry for people who missed the deadline by just a bit -- I had to go by the clock on pbwiki to be fair.
Now, just because your book is on the list, does not mean that you win chocolate. I have to find out if you actually followed the rules.

Oh, and for readers-advisors, there is a whole list of books still on the wiki -- take a look!

The Top 10 Chocolate Books Ever

#1Pride and Prejudice (and chocolate) by Jane Austen

#2 The Polar Express (full of chocolate) by Chris Van Allsburg

#3 Tale of Despereaux (and the chocolate) by Kate diCamillo

#4 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (full of non-unionised workers making chocolate) by Roald Dahl

#5 The Secret Garden (no chocolate allowed, it's bad for the teeth) by Frances Hodgson Burnett

#6 The Terrible Horrible Smelly Pirate (and the chocolate that loved him) by Carrie Muller and Jacqueline Halsey, illustrated by Eric Orchard available from Nimbus Spring 2008

#7 A Great Deliverance (of chocolate) by Elizabeth George

#8 Little Women (who eat chocolate) by Louisa May Alcott

#9 The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

#10 The Very Hungry Caterpillar (is looking for chocolate) by Eric Carle

UPDATE:

I had 2 extra shirts, so I included 3 more people in the chocolate list. Doug Wournell just did the draw for the shirts. If you are a prize winner, you will be notified by email.

Chocolate and more? Join the Wiki-war?

If you have already completed thing #6, you may have noticed that there is a "sidebar" that says something about rules for the wiki-war.

If you read these rules, you would notice that I am offering chocolate to those people whose books are sitting on the top-ten list at precisely four o'clock pm this friday. One of the people whose book(s) is on the top ten list will receive a "Denis Cunningham original" t-shirt for their troubles as well, complete with a nifty slogan that will convince anyone of your technical acuity. The actual slogan and design is a surprise, since this is the very first time we are offering it.

Remember the password is "learning20".

Why am I doing this? Well, it's to share a few points that made alot about wikis.

• If you have a diverse enough crowd, no individual voice is capable of influencing the whole. Case in point: all of my original entries in the top-ten list are gone!
• Imagine if we had thousands or millions of people working on the same page!
• Each individual contribution is small, yet the entire resource can be immensely useful. Take a look at the list -- there's already 33 "top ten" or "former top ten" books there!
• The list will be send off to the reader's services team as a resource if they so desire.
• You could probably see the potential for such a tool as a resource for "read-alikes" or something like that.
• The neat thing about the wiki is that even though I created it, I have no control over the content. I could change the whole list right now and one of you could very easily change it back!
• In short, a wiki is more than just another wysiwyg editor like the one on your blog. It's just difficult to demonstrate that without a challenge. :)
  

Thing #6: Change the Learning 2.0 "top ten titles" Wiki

Description:

I created a Wiki at http://hpllearning.pbwiki.com with an arbitrary list of the top ten books of all time. I want you to change that list to your liking, including a favorite book or two of yours.

Hints:

• The password is "Learning20" "learning20" (no quotes) UPDATE: I originally had the "L" capitalized. If you tried the password and it didn't work, please try again.
• UPDATE: Please remember that the email and name you enter on the password screen will be visible to others.
  
• Look for the word "edit" on the wiki page.
  
• You are going to find editing the wiki very similar to writing a post on your blog.
• The interesting thing about wikis is the collaborative part -- that's why I have the "Wiki War" mini challenge for chocolate.
• Yes, you can change anything you want on the wiki.

Resources:

• What is Wiki?
• Commoncraft -- Wikis in Plain English
• New Media: Who are the real winners now we've all gone wiki-crazy? --
  Ana Kronschnabel and Thomas Rawlings