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ECIS
2003
13 years 9 months ago
The role of informal networks in knowledge sharing
The application of a knowledge management strategy does not take place in a vacuum. Successfully meeting objectives of a knowledge management strategy may depend not only on the e...
Tony Jewels, Alan Underwood, Carmen de Pablos Here...
CSCW
1996
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
FreeWalk: Supporting Casual Meetings in a Network
FreeWalk is a desktop meeting environment to support informal communication. FreeWalk provides a 3-D community common where everybody can meet and can behave just as they do in re...
Hideyuki Nakanishi, Chikara Yoshida, Toshikazu Nis...
HUC
1999
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
Close Encounters: Supporting Mobile Collaboration through Interchange of User Profiles
This paper introduces the notion of profile-based cooperation as a way to support awareness and informal communication between mobile users during chance encounters. We describe th...
Gerd Kortuem, Zary Segall, Thaddeus G. Cowan Thomp...
CSCW
2000
ACM
13 years 12 months ago
Interaction and outeraction: instant messaging in action
We discuss findings from an ethnographic study of instant messaging (IM) in the workplace and its implications for media theory. We describe how instant messaging supports a varie...
Bonnie A. Nardi, Steve Whittaker, Erin Bradner
WETICE
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Evaluation of an awareness distribution mechanism: A simulation approach
In distributed software engineering, the role of informal communication is frequently overlooked. Participants simply employ their own ad-hoc methods of informal communication. Co...
David Nutter, Cornelia Boldyreff
ICDCSW
2006
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Wearable Computer for Ubiquitous Informal Communication
The rapid progress of information technology has spurred development of various communication support systems. In particular, the importance of informal communication has lately d...
Shun'ichi Tano, Tatsuhiro Takayama, Mitsuru Iwata,...