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Notes from the Collaborative Technologies Conference in NYC, mirrored in the wiki, from a talk I've heard before by Thomas Malone, the author of The Future of Work -- but also with a quick video conference with Jimmy Wales while talking about Wikipedia.
Intro by the event organizer: Interop is the genesis of this conference, even the first shows had a collaboration thread. But most of Interop focuses on IT. Business side of collaboration is the harder problem to solve, the focus of this event and one of the goals is to credentialize the concept of collaboration. Launched a new site, Collaboration Loop. Folks collaborating in the wiki (when the wifi is up)
Thomas Malone starts by asking the question, how many of you are happy this morning? This is one of the happiest audiences he has spoken to, apparently. We are in the early stages of an increase in human freedom in business, an important a change in business as the change of democracy for governments. The reason is it is now possible to have the economic benefits for very large organizations and at the same time have the human benefits of very small organizations: freedom flexibility and creativity. Lower communication costs mean many people have enough information to make decisions for themselves. But, just because it is possible, doesn't mean it will happen -- what drives these changes is what people want. People use their freedom to get more of what they want.
First day at CTC has been good! Nice to hang-out with A-listers like Russ, Anil Dash and Clay Sharky. Tom Malone was nice too, he came up to me and introduced himself! “I'm the first speaker“, hi Tom!
Scott Hanselman's 2005 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List
Everyone collects utilities, and most folks have a list of a few that they feel are indispensable. Here's Scott's. Each has a distinct purpose, and he probably touches each at least a few times a week. Util means utilitarian and it means don't clutter my tray. If it saves me time, and seamlessly integrates with my life, it's the bomb
The Big Ten Life and Work-Changing Utilities
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