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29 Nov 09

Asana

  • The challenge of groups of people working together effectively is
    fundamental to human endeavor, but the state of the art falls far
    short of real efficiency. Despite advances like email and wikis, the
    friction and overhead of communication remain acutely painful to
    organizations large and small. Group leaders spend an enormous portion
    of their time trying to keep everyone on the same page, and knowledge
    workers struggle daily with inadequate, disparate tools to wrangle the
    information they need to do their jobs.
27 Dec 08

Paul Allen believes a tipping-point is near in brain research

  • When we first put the mouse-brain atlas online free, it was met by the research world with suspicion. People wondered what the catch was. Scientific research has long been a solitary endeavour—one researcher, one microscope. Findings are protected so that discovery credit can be clearly defined and awarded. This is a successful model and will continue to be.



    However, the Human Genome Project demonstrated a different path: multiple teams working collaboratively towards a common goal. I believe a real acceleration in progress and innovation comes from the open sharing of ideas and collaboration. We wanted the mouse atlas to be free and available for all to use as the basis for foundational research and discovery.

  • Clearly the model of providing a freely accessible database is a successful one. In a sense, we have challenged other researchers to offer greater access to their findings. Will they take the challenge? My bet is that over the next 18 months we are going to see more open access and more collaboration.
20 Nov 08

Etherpad Shows Google Docs How It’s Done

  • A team of ex-Googlers, with backing from Y Combinator, the Friendfeed founders and others, have created what might be both the ugliest and most useful group productivity app we’ve seen. Etherpad, a new product from Appjet, launches this morning, and you must try it out.
  • Users can also chat in the sidebar, save versions and make a few tweaks to the settings like removing line numbers. One great feature optionally highlights Javascript syntax (making this a great way to write code collaboratively) And that’s it for now. There is very little bling to the site at this point.
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16 Mar 08

SearchTogether

  • SearchTogether can benefit any group of people who are interested in investigating a topic together, such as students working on a group report, colleagues working on a joint project, or friends planning a shared vacation or other social activities.
    SearchTogether supports both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration styles.
20 Mar 07

Tips on Collaboration | Idaho Commission for Libraries

  • Collaboration results won't always be immediate, but continued presence, participation and communication will pay off in the long run. The following are some collaboration tips that may help your group get started or get them back on track if things get stalled.


    "Collaboration is a mutually beneficial and well-defined relationship entered into by two or more organizations to achieve results they are more likely to achieve together than alone" (Winer 24).

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