2007-04-08: Ideas on Collaboration

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Knowledge is also a resource. New knowledge needs to be created, managed and distributed. Knowledge creation is incremental, building on previous knowledge. These are some of the ideas on knowledge creation.

• How to find needle in the haystack? Find, organize existing knowledge
  • Approach:
    • Find existing literature in search engines. e.g. Google Scholar
    • Augment metadata with tags through 'Social Bookmarking' a la del.ici.us
  • Technology: Mash del.icio.us and Google Scholar search

• How to increase productivity? Create tools
  • Approach:
    • Dont just solve problems, create tools
    • Make tools from components, build applications through workflow
  • Technology: Tools, Workflow, Interoperability

• All of us are smarter than any one of us! Create knowledge together
  • Approach:
    • Shared goals, tools, workspace
    • Connect people
  • Technology: Wiki, Science Blog, Skype