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Could the next generation of online communications strengthen civil society by better connecting people to others with whom they share affinities, so they can more effectively exchange information and self-organize? Could such a system help to revitalize democracy in the 21st century? When networked personal computing was first developed, engineers concentrated on extending creativity among individuals and enhancing collaboration between a few. They did not much consider what social interaction among millions of Internet users would actually entail. It was thought that the Net's technical architecture need not address the issues of "personal identity" and "trust," since those matters tended to take care of themselves.\n\nThis paper proposes the creation of an Augmented Social Network (ASN) that would build identity and trust into the architecture of the Internet, in the public interest, in order to facilitate introductions between people who share affinities or complementary capabilities across social networks. The ASN has three main objectives: 1) To create an Internet-wide system that enables more efficient and effective knowledge sharing between people across institutional, geographic, and social boundaries. 2) To establish a form of persistent online identity that supports the public commons and the values of civil society. 3) To enhance the ability of citizens to form relationships and self-organize around shared interests in communities of practice in order to better engage in the process of democratic governance. In effect, the ASN proposes a form of "online citizenship" for the Information Age.

Much of what we do in collaboration is based on the software we run. Here's an excellent article by Michael Mace on software platforms. -- Rick Cogley

An excellent article on software platforms, by Michael Mace. -- Rick Cogley |

From the article:

Intuit and Stanford recently asked me to give talks on computer platforms and what makes them successful. (By platforms I mean software with APIs that third party developers can write apps on top of; Windows and Macintosh are both platforms, as is Java.) Platforms are a hot topic in Silicon Valley these days. The success of the iPhone app store in mobile, and Facebook on the web, have forcefully reminded people that you can grow a tech business more quickly if you get third party developers to help you. Almost every tech company I work with is trying to expose some sort of API or platform offering in its products.

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An excellent article.

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Referred from http://grou.ps/emresokullu.blog/?p=395 "a nice picture illustrating which social network dominates which country"…

I wrote this article for TalentBuzz. I'd be curious to know what the group thinks about it. What tools have I left out?

article I wrote on tools to use together and manage your social networks, media and tools

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How to Setup an Email Server - very useful guide for newbies configuring their network / mail server.

How to Integrate The Infostore into your desktop with WebDAV: a paper (more specific to Open-Xchange) that highlights a really unique feature of the product: a virtual folder storage base, synced to your OX infostore (web-based), that allows you to save documents on your desktop directly to the server.