This is a piece from the current version of final chapter of my dissertation where I discuss blogging across various boundaries.  While blogging might provide a window onto practices of the blogger, on a surface weblog is just an artefact: text, links and bits of other media. In this post I reflect on the ways blogging helps to cross boundaries through information exchange and non-personal connections , using the concept of boundary object as It draws heavily on the conceptual categories from the work of Etienne Wenger on communities of practice ( Communities of practice: Learning, meaning and identity , 1998) and on the discussion with CPsquare members about those . ***

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A few years ago, many people thought that blogs and business did not go together. Thanks to Serena for proving us with an example. Share and Enjoy: Permalink RELATED POSTS - It is Time for Facebook Fridays: A Idea that Should Spread - Worklight Enters the Enterprise Facebook Market - Remember Intranets? - Why the Future of Corporate Computing is ‘Informal’ UPCOMING WEBINAR FASTforward 09: Video

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As of December 2007 Jack will likely start writing about product management too. Blogging and communities How can communities, which are purpose-driven and group-driven, be supported by blogs, which are solo-user-driven? Is there a connection between blogging and communities? Knowledge Jolt with Jack Jack Vinson writes about knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints and more.

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Promised to blog this piece from the dissertation in February (together with What pragmatists might want to know about blogging ), but wasn’t happy with it. Blogging provides a low-threshold opportunity to write down ideas not related to current deadlines, but important to prepare for the future. Blogging works best when it is driven by personal interests and passions. Still not happy, but here it is (in a slightly updated form). *** From an organisational perspective, weblogs provide a people-driven way to share knowledge and to develop ideas.

FastFoward blogging colleague Bill Ives recently surfaced the role Facebook is playing as a corporate intranet . 8221; Perhaps social computing will make that a reality. Share and Enjoy: Permalink RELATED POSTS - IBM Formalizes ‘Cloud Computing’ Term - Japanese Business Culture & Social Computing - If There’s a Consultant in the Room, You are Not ‘Cloud Computing’ - IBM’s use of Mashups: aka Situational Applications