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Face-to-Face vs Online Collaboration

January 6, 2010 » 8:49 am

How is collaborating face-to-face different from collaborating online? In attempting to answer this question, it’s easy to make generalizations. You can’t develop trust online. You can’t develop meaningful relationships online. The problem is that actual experience contradicts these generalizations. Trusting, meaningful relationships are possible online. Online collaboration can be just as effective as face-to-face, and [...]

Making Tools Meaningful

January 1, 2010 » 6:15 pm

Happy New Year, everyone! Welcome to the new decade! This morning, I eschewed my usual routine of checking my email as soon as I woke up. I wanted to dictate how I kicked off the New Year. I wanted to be proactive, not reactive. So, I went for a run. It felt good. Now I [...]