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

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From the data, we construct a communication graph with 180 million nodes and 1.3 billion undirected edges, creating the largest social network constructed and analyzed to date. Linux and Open Source. The dataset contains summary properties of 30 billion conversations among 240 million people. April 2008. March 2008.

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Try Looking Outside to Solve the Problems Inside

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In 2007, he proposed using a construction tool that vibrates cement to keep it in liquid form as it pours. Blogroll Andrea DiMaio Andrew Wilson's Posterous BlogWrite for CEOs Business As I See It Buzz Bin Chris Brogan Clay Shirky Common Craft Corporate Hallucinations Digiphile Dion Hinchcliffe DorobekINSIDER Enterprise 2.0

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You’re also right on about open source software – it’s not always the answer. You’re also right on about open source software – it’s not always the answer. Coming out here and participating in BlogWorld showed me the next stage of our Gov 2.0 relationship.

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eLearning & Deliberative Moments: The present and future of Personal Learning Environments (PLE)

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But whether constructively and defensively, interest in PLE appears to be growing. On the other hand, in Europe more sites use inhouse and open source implementations (Vuorikari, 2003). On the other hand, such gateways for open source VLEs could appear and be implemented subject to institutional approval.

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