On Candy’s “Collaboration: Realizing the Transformative Potential of Technologies”
- century
simple sets of communication devices
beacons
baloons
mirrors
morse codes
smoke signals
telegrams
first attempts at really long distance communications
later
major shift in communication
after
before
multi nodal communication
bipolar communication
multi modal communication
like
conferencing
chat rooms
...
aim of the article
existing networked communities
emerging networked communities
describing differences between real and virtual communities
in many ways it is equivalent
seeking companionship
exchanging information
sharing resources
learning
diffrences
people can disseminate ideas in larger numbers
sponsors of networked communities
forge linkages in great distance
sponsored communities
education
journalists
authors
enhanced communication between two users