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From Shared Databases to Communities of Practice: A Taxonomy of Collaboratories

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Most practicing scientists would strongly resist controls that many corporate employees accept as normal, such as having their work hours, technology choices, and travel schedules dictated by others. Scientific researchers have greater freedom to pursue high risk/high reward ideas than do individuals in many other professions.

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IBM SJ 45-4 | Ethnographic study of collaborative knowledge work

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We conducted this study over a six-month period in 2003 and 2004 at five different business sites in the Boston area. Some processes were simple, such as “how to reserve the LCD projector for a meeting” or “how to submit a book purchase order.” travel arrangements, expense reimbursement, HR requests).

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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In fact, you can validate that by cross checking my user ID, 102991, which should indicate that I’ve been around for a real long time (since February 2004, to be more precise). How can Facebook not be compared to Instant Messaging? Just my $0.02. and I felt the same way as you did. Who needed that? We all do now.

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