Notes from Christian Finn, Director, Social Computing. 13 sessions in "social track". Microsoft design point is to co-mingle structured collaboration tools alongside social computing tools - it's unrealistic to think of social computing disconnected from collaborations strategies. Social Networking & Collaboration spc09 MORE >>

Print this article | Read this article in: | IT | ES | March 6, 2007 ? Community Building: How To Create Your Own Social Media Network With Ning Stop [social] networking: Build your own network! Social networks create easy to access online communities out of shared interests and passions. MORE >>

July 3, 2007 On Open and Closed Communities, and the Ephemeral Nature of Networks T heres an interesting discussion going on in one of the KM forumsI belong to about the nature of community, how it differs from anetwork, and the perils and advantages of open vs closedcommunities. What about networks, then? We all want to belong. MORE >>

October 10, 2007 Natural Education, Natural Enterprise, Natural Community: Creating a Virtuous Cycle I ve been chatting recently with my European friend lugon, of fluwiki fame, about the recurring frustration many of us have trying to movefrom ideas to actions. Blog Surveys & Directories. But tomost they seem to be just an ideal. MORE >>

July 16, 2007 Towards a New Process for Learning What is Important W hat is the purpose of education? This lets them externalize (leavetaxpaying citizens to pay for) the social and environmental costs thatenable them to buy cheaper from struggling nations and to sell to newconsumers in those same nations. Blog Surveys & Directories. MORE >>