Nice, short article with good points about marketing. I think the point later in the article about being able try new and innovative technologies (they use blogs and live chat on your site) is a double edged sword. True, smaller companies can try these pretty easily without internal read tape, but they also are on…

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Key Trend Cap Gemini Ernst & Young highlights ad hoc collaboration with Social Software as one of six key 24-month technology trends. Ad Hoc Collaboration A new generation of tools and approaches toward software-based collaboration creates an environment in which people, no longer limited to the confines of a single…

This is part of an excellent article that anyone thinking about collaboration space should read. Bottom line, Microsoft is currently missing the boat and paddling madly to get in the race. The author mentions SharePoint, LiveMeeting (aka PlaceWare) Outlook, NetMeeting, and Groove as parts of a Microsoft collaboration portfolio, but they are just that…parts. For…

More buzz and articles are being written about this idea that collaboration isn't about tools. It's about how we work and process information together. The outcome is often 1+1=3. The bottom line from a recent META group article on collaboration states that “Effective collaboration strategies will enable workers and teams to be more productive within…

An excellent idea. The opportunities for small communities close to large cities are tremendous. Bedroom communities would have more people there during the day. More people shopping, getting hair cuts, going to the dentist. All the things people do closer to work, because of the time crunch. This really could be an idea who's time…

I know that IM has been essential for me to do my job for 4 years. I was responsible for IM being pushed as part of a large Canadian telco. I had been working with a web development company and we used Yahoo's IM client extensively. It then spread internally and when this company was…

More industry talk about Gmail as a new messaging paradigm. Might be overblown, but it is great technology. Gmail a Gentler HailStorm?

A long primer on RSS, but worth the read. PCWorld.com – News on Demand

While e-mail creaks and groans under the weight of spam, worms, hyperactive filters and false positives, RSS offers the chance for a new context, eWEEK's Steve Gillmor says. Gillmor might be exaggerating, but RSS is definately getting legs. I expect that RSS will take over the newsletter distribution part of e-mail very soon. As E-Mail…

Many minds collaborating better than one brilliant person solo…good arguements for collaboration software I think… Instead of looking to a single person for the right answers, companies need to recognize a simple truth: Under the right conditions, groups are smarter than the smartest person within them. We often think of groups and crowds as stupid,…