GroupWare and GroupWare and Collaboration ToolsCollaboration Tools

Laura K. Williams

Engr 6923 Group 3

Introduction Introduction

The purpose of this section of our group presentation is to:

1. Discuss Social Software

2. Elaborate on the collaborative work environment – IntraSmart

3. Review the Constructware Case Study

What is Social Software?What is Social Software?

Clay Shirky - “Software that supports group communications”

Sunir Shah - “Software that humans create to ease contacting each other”

What is Social Software? What is Social Software? (continued)(continued)

Stewart Butterfield - “Social software is software that people use to interact with other people, employing some combination of the following five devices:” 1. Identity

2. Presence

3. Relationships

4. Conversations

5. Groups

Social Software ExamplesSocial Software Examples

e-mail IRC - Internet Relay Chat Weblogs Wikis Groove Online Chess, Cards, and Boardgames

Who’s Who of Social Who’s Who of Social Software?Software?

Clay ShirkyBio: Writer with articles published in the New

York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review

Consultant for Global Business Network (GBN), Nokia, and the Library of Congress

Part-time Instructor at NYU

Clay ShirkyClay Shirky

Dan Gilmour of SiliconValley.com writes that Clay Shirky is “an acute observer of the technology scene.”

Social Software - Phase OneSocial Software - Phase One

E-mail “cc” line Mailing lists - “SF-Lovers”

Social Software - Phase TwoSocial Software - Phase Two

The implementation of the following social software:

Usenet MUD MOO

LambdaMOO

IRC

Social Software - Phase ThreeSocial Software - Phase Three

Improving and Utilizing Social Software Weblogs Wikis Groove Daypop IntraSmart http://

www.mindbridge.com/demo/choose.html#

Technology for Social Technology for Social SoftwareSoftware

Required Technology Servers, CGI Scripts, HTML, Web

Browsers Peer-to-Peer software

Increased Popularity of Social Tools

Case Study on CollaborationCase Study on Collaboration

Source: Constructware 2001 Client Impact Study Conducted by inSite!

Future DevelopmentsFuture Developments

– Decentralization

ReferencesReferences

• http://www.socialtext.net/ssa/index.cgi?Social%20Software%20Alliance%20Wiki

• http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?SunirShah

• http://www.sylloge.com/sylloge.html

• http://www.gbn.org/ArticleDisplayServlet.srv?aid=2800

• http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_politics.html

• http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000899.shtml

• http://computing-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Usenet

• http://wrt-rice.syr.edu/vivianstuff/moointro.html

• http://www.gotham-city.net/lambdamoo/

• http://www.construction.com/NewsCenter/it/news/02-20020110.asp

• http://www.mindbridge.com/demo/choose.html