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Online Collaboration and Google Wave

mary — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:26:01 +0000

One of the hot topics on the net is ‘How will Google Wave impact online collaboration? As with many new ‘tools’ often the way people use it and the way it was intended to be used by the developers differ greatly. I wonder what mash-ups will emerge from Wave? http://bit.ly/CEdht

I am also wondering how Google Wave will effect Peer-to-Peer communication? http://bit.ly/1Ws6H1

Do Collaboration Tools Work?

mary — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:52:48 +0000

This is a very good question, given the costs associated with implementing software and hardware that is supposed to enable collaboration. Whether collaboration actually does occur or increases is another point entirely. If a team or division was not known for its collaborative efforts before an initiative it is unlikely that throwing resources at the problem will change things. Helping team members to develop their collaborative capacity should be the first step to creating a team that can use technology to further enhance their willingness to collaborate.

This blog post http://bit.ly/4uB4FX makes some very good arguments about where and when collaboration tools can actually work.

Teaching An Anthill to Fetch – Look Inside

mary — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:13:15 +0000

Anthill eBook

Building a Collaborative Workplace

mary — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:00:38 +0000

Great article on an important topic – maybe THE most important issue for organizations to-day http://bit.ly/Afj6N

How relevant are communities of practice in a network age?

mary — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:21:39 +0000

A thoughtful re-consideration of how Communities of Practice can serve us – with some great points about formality and utility of CoP groups. Whether you are a community leader or working within a corporate environment – John Tropea has touched on a whole bunch of ideas that require us to stop and think. http://bit.ly/2EG5C

Maps and Borders – Do They Matter?

mary — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:24:51 +0000

Creative Commons – A Shared Culture

mary — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:35:57 +0000

Creative commons is the way forward for dealing with so many our challenges within society and business. But the culture is very different from that we have created in the social Darwinistic (read dog-eat-dog) corporate scuffle. Re-thinking our approach to how we share what we create goes along with the re-think that we need to do concerning how we use or squander our natural resources. Here is a short video about the shared culture that is Creative Commons. http://bit.ly/jteE9

Is It Time We ALL Woke Up to What Is Happening?

mary — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:07:35 +0000

another couple of great sites – Social Earth

…..and Aveez.org

Browsing through these sites I realize I was only half awake and that our planet really IS in an awful lot of trouble. The first task appears to be that we ALL waken up.

Where is our home going ?

mary — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:54:04 +0000

My wife and I just watched the movie ‘Home’ last night and it blew our minds. Not only is this a movie with some of the most spectacular footage of earth’s beauty but it also carries a very serious message. I dare you to watch this movie and not feel that it is definitely time we ‘woke up’ as a a species.

And speaking of waking up – I somehow missed this special day about that very thing :

Collaborative Intelligence & Groups: The Secret Weapon of the Social Web

Stephen — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:51:54 +0000

Social interaction online is not very sophisticated. The newsfeed model of conversation has taken over the social web, from Facebook to Twitter to FriendFeed to MySpace, but by itself it doesn’t serve us very well.

That’s where the creation of groups of sources comes in. Various services have different ways for users to separate their “friends” into different groups, viewable by topic, category or type of connection. Facebook is making changes today to make it easier to break your Facebook Newsfeed into groups. That’s going to be very important. The best Twitter applications offer group functionality that the site itself doesn’t. MySpace offers no such feature, yet. The Facebook news prompted us to try to articulate the value of group creation online. By better understanding the value that groups can deliver, we can better strategize our creation of groups.