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Nancy White draws our attention to some interesting metaphors a startup called Socialtext uses to talk about virtual collaboration:
* Socialtext -- the building and garden
* IRC -- the hallway
* FreeConference.com -- the conference room
* Skype -- the meeting rooms
* IM -- talking over the cubical
* VNC -- peeping over the cubical
* Our blogs -- the front porch
I have to admit I don’t know what VNC is and thought IRC was the same as IM. Can anyone enlighten me please.
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VNC is virtual network computing -- lets people share screens, unless you are programmer you don't need it, but services like Convoq provide this and WebEx-y presentations
IRC is internet relay chat -- like a chat room open to many kinds of clients
Posted by: Ross Mayfield at May 21, 2005 2:21 PM
VNC
Offers interaction with the graphical desktop of a remote workstation for Linux, Solaris, Windows, and Macintosh. (Open Source, GPL) ( ref: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ )
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IRC would be a place for many people to meet in chatrooms and is abit more open than am IM tool. Where you normally have to "know" the people you are to talk to. more info on: http://www.mirc.com/irc.html
Posted by: Thommy at May 21, 2005 10:10 PM
Alphabet soup is fun. This is one of those chasms that keeps coming up.
What tools does your company use the most?
Posted by: Nancy White at May 22, 2005 3:15 AM
Thanks Ross and Thommy for the clarifications. Much appreciated.
Hi Nancy, it's Shawn Callahan! At Anecdote we use Skype, MSN, Groove and Movable Type.
Posted by: Shawn Callahan at May 22, 2005 9:05 AM
IRC vs. IM
Internet Relay Chat IRC is many to many synchronous communication - using a spatial metaphor (rooms).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
Instant messanging, IM is mostly 1:1 communication that may be a mix of synchronous and asynchronous - often has presence detection and buddy lists.
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging
Posted by: Denham at May 22, 2005 10:24 AM
Thanks Denham. Nice, clear explaination.
Posted by: Shawn Callahan at May 22, 2005 12:45 PM