24 Jan 2005 bolsh   » (Master)

Alan Horkan mentioned this presentation, which gave me something of a buzz. It's a presentation about and around social software, but is also valid for a bunch of other group situations.

I got particularly excited about the IRC/Wiki/conference call situation he described later on.

The author is discussing the design of social software, but he comes up with a number of insights that are somehow related to other things two:

  • A group is its own worst enemy
  • You can't separate social and technological issues
  • You need barriers to participation

Some related articles are here (Joel on Software) and here (LambdaMOO changes direction).

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