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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Crane (1972) first described the loosely-affiliated but highly interactive networks of scientists as "invisible colleges." In searching out new cases, we cast the net very broadly, using convenience and snowballing techniques, along with other more deliberate strategies. Baxevanis, 2002). Virtual Community of Practice.

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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). Unless top-down social business strategy totally stinks, yes. But Facebook, you did open your doors to the world, and we all got used to it.

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