January 2008 archives

January 19, 2008 by Patti

Heisenberg and Social Networks

Thanks to my friend Jessica’s posting about Copenhagen, I was inspired to go see the play at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge last night. My cold was getting worse and I was overtired but nonetheless drawn into the complex, multi-level time- and perspective-changing experience. In the play Heisenberg introduces himself by acknowledging that “there [...]

January 17, 2008 by Patti

Continuing adventures of Patti in Enterprise 2.0

Following on to my work on the AIIM research project, I have been invited to blog on a new group blog, The AppGap. The AppGap is a new blog from the people who manage the FASTforward Blog. This blog is positioned to explore the future of work and how new tools both contribute to change [...]

January 15, 2008 by Patti

If the network could net work

I’ve written several times about the great collaborative enterprise that was Digital Equipment Corporation. It was the one of the first truly networked (technologically) enterprises, having invented DECnet and other communications network technologies. But as in so many cases, a company’s products echo the company’s values, and this was also true of Digital. I once [...]

January 11, 2008 by Patti

Charlene Li on 60 Minutes

I’ve long admired Charlene Li’s thoughtful research on collaboration, social networks, and web 2.0. She writes this morning that she will be on 60 Minutes (“THE 60 Minutes!” she says) this coming Sunday, January 14th to talk about Facebook with Leslie Stahl. Program your TIVO. Given the demographics of 60 minutes, Charlene notes, her invitation [...]

January 9, 2008 by Patti

Election year reminder of the importance of diversity in networks

One of the enduring lessons of net work is the importance of diversity. This applies to the composition of networks, which need to have sufficient variety to support the cross-fertilization of ideas and values, as well as to our personal networks. Rob Cross, in his work at the Network Roundtable at the University of Virginia [...]