My first session at MLA, Collaborating in the Cloud by Robin, I’d heard so much about it I had to see it for myself.
definition of collaborating from wikipedia
adds distance option & time option across country or across continent
collaboration isnt just for others but also allows you to back up your own documents
peer networking don’t have to deal with hierarchies
tools
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social calenders
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social networking sites
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social bookmarking
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social desktops
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social wikis
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social documents
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groupware
bad thing about the cloud is that all info is outside the company firewall might not be so secure
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