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Six degrees of separation in instant messaging | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com

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Six degrees of separation in instant messaging. Dataset , Instant Messaging , Internet , Online Communications , Roland Piquepaille. The dataset which was collected in June 2006 contains summaries of 30 billion conversations among 240 million people. Space & Aerospace. Uncategorized. Wireless & Telecom.

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Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization

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Instant Messaging. David Knoke: Social Network Analysis (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences). John P Scott: Social Network Analysis: A Handbook. Freeman: The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science. Commentary. Communication. digital+life. Enterprise 2.0.

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

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The overall goals of the SOC project were to: 1) perform a comparative analysis of collaboratory projects, 2) develop theory about this new organizational form, and 3) offer practical advice to collaboratory participants and to funding agencies about how to design and construct successful collaboratories. Dataset and Sampling Methods.

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Business Collaboration Volume 45, Number 4, 2006. Each session included a questionnaire-based interview, an observation period, a task analysis segment, and a validation segment using prototypes. We performed the data analysis using selected principles from grounded theory (GT). First cycle: Observation and task analysis.

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PKM and the Organization - Pollard

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September 2006. < £ Salon Bloggers & > September 27, 2006. -->. When I asked him about Instant Messaging, he said he handled it the same way. Use social network analysis (mapping or interviewing) to identify the de facto networks of expertise and trust in the organization. Impact Analysis.

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An Open Letter to Facebook

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Reply Konstantin April 30, 2010 at 8:05 am Great analysis of FB’s shortages. How can Facebook not be compared to Instant Messaging? Reply sam August 29, 2010 at 4:02 am Great analysis of FACEBOOK’s shortages. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Thus, your name has been edited. Thank you for playing!

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