In a previous essay, I wrote about the cognitive aspect of tagging - describing how people tag, and why they find it easy. There is another, equally important aspect of tagging that I did not touch upon - the "why" of tagging. Why do people tag? For many,
Masters thesis on social software (e.g., blogs, wikis, social bookmarking services)...and how they support learning, knowledge management, and communities of practice.
Meatball is a community of active practitioners striving to teach each other how to organize people using online tools. Members here are either community managers or are building supporting tools; MeatballOutreach lists some of our affiliated projects. We
adamengst writes in with good news for anyone who needs to collaborate remotely on a writing or editing project — coding too. It's especially good news for those using Windows and Linux. Mac users have had SubEthaEdit for a few years now. With EtherPad, two or more people can edit a document and see all the edits simultaneously.
Recent Developments on the Internet: The common characteristic, which all these systems share, is that the approach is "bottom-up" rather than "top-down". This means that in these environments content and structure are not determined by professional, corp
Recent Developments on the Internet: The common characteristic, which all these systems share, is that the approach is "bottom-up" rather than "top-down". This means that in these environments content and structure are not determined by professional, corp
Announcing Vyew 2.0: Free Web Conferencing and Always-On Collaboration * 100% Browser-based - No downloads or installs * Shared viewing of: DOCs, PPTs, XLSs, JPGs, PDFs and more * Real-time Desktop Sharing and Screen Capturing * Tools to Whiteboard, Draw
Announcing Vyew 2.0: Free Web Conferencing and Always-On Collaboration * 100% Browser-based - No downloads or installs * Shared viewing of: DOCs, PPTs, XLSs, JPGs, PDFs and more * Real-time Desktop Sharing and Screen Capturing * Tools to Whiteboard, Draw
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