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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. Categories: Computers & Internet , Social Sciences. 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.

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Going from Free to Fee Part 2

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In a way Twitter is like instant messaging. Instant messaging has stuck around through the ages as a free service but most of those services are supported by bigger businesses making money in other ways (MSN, AOL, Yahoo…) Maybe Google should/could buy out Twitter. :) And then again, sometimes businesses simply fail.

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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.

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

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Crane (1972) first described the loosely-affiliated but highly interactive networks of scientists as "invisible colleges." 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.

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Why You Should Have a Secondary Twitter Account

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I have good people that follow me but I get a lot of followers that I consider “spam&# (Dating services, travel sites, ect.) How can I make my Twitter network grow with real followers and not “spam&# ? Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Facebook’s goal to be the social network of choice for all was a lofty one, but I gotta hand it to you, Facebook — it was a big deal, and let’s be honest here, it made lots of sense. I just want to control the flow of information coming to me from my social network. Just my $0.02. Hear me out.

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