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Title: Social Computing


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Social Computing Connecting, sharing and
collaborating
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What does it all mean?
  • Social Computing is a term used to describe Web
    based tools which allow people to work across
    physical and organisational boundaries
  • Broadly, community based
  • Anyone with Internet access can join in!
  • Gives a voice to citizens and terrifies big
    business and Government?!

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How is it different?
  • People discovering and inventing new ways to
    share relevant knowledge with blinding speed
  • Language is natural, open, honest, funny, direct
    and often shocking the human voice
  • Is in direct contrast to the command and
    control hierarchies of many traditional
    organisations

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Blogs
  • Online journals (Weblogs)
  • Simple to publish
  • Free (or cheap)
  • 27 million on the Web and rising
  • Covering a cornucopia of subjects
  • Anyone got one?

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Forums
  • Online discussion groups
  • Also known as bulletin boards / newsgroups
  • Post a question get an answer
  • Knowledge sharing is the key
  • Heavily used by local groups and like-minded
    individuals
  • Big companies often post messages

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Wikis
  • Collaborative written online documents
  • Wikipedia the online encyclopedia
  • Enables greater collaborative working
  • Can be used by home workers without the need for
    expensive IT infrastructure
  • Slightly more complex to set up

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Other Web tools
  • RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
  • Tagging Flickr
  • Folksonomies
  • Chat / Instant Messenger
  • Video and Web Cams
  • Podcasting
  • My Space

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Possible uses in Glasgow?
  • Virtual graffiti site?
  • Community pressure groups?
  • Knowledge sharing no need to phone a friend
  • Connecting disparate groups and keeping them
    informed
  • Good fun?!
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