 I'm Building a GitHub for Writers
A lot of programmers already find it awfully hard to wrap their heads around how git works. I can only imagine how hard it will be for non-programmers to (it doesn't suprise me that the successful example used is written by <i>mathematicians</i>).<p>HOWEVER, that doesn't mean it can't be done. In fact, if there are ways to visually simplify git and make it more intuitive for non-programmers, those techniques could wind up making git even better for programmers too.<p>I could also imagine a convergence of the git model and the wiki model someday -- where anyone can edit (like Wiki), but where there are branches, merging, etc. Obviously, a lot of internal wiki's don't need such complicated version control, but for things like Wikipedia, it could be amazing.<p>I think there are a <i>lot</i> of areas for working on writing collaboration -- group projects in school, business proposals, technical manuals, all sorts of things.<p>And the main attraction for users over, say, Google Docs, is that <i>your changes don't overwrite others'</i>. The fact that your edits create a "branch", that then others can accept/reject/modify/merge, is a vast improvement in creative collaboration.