The State of Social Tools – SOCIAL COMMENTARY – Magazine – Darwin Magazine
This article gets the brain cells going. There is a lot to the “Four 'Co's”:
Communication: instant messaging, e-mail, Web conferencing, streaming video and voice tools, and other messaging solutions
Coordination: calendaring, task and project management, contact management, and related technologies
Collaboration: file and application sharing, discussion, wikis, blogs and other shared-space technologies
Community: social networking, swarmth (digital reputation, also called karma or whuffie), group decision and other explicit community supports.
This article makes good points and just reinforces what most of us in this space are already seeing. Technologies are being developed with the direct intent to communicate easier, faster, and with more people than the phone or e-mail.
This is the trend to watch. Should be an interesting ride.
The State of Social Tools – SOCIAL COMMENTARY – Magazine – Darwin Magazine