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more: http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/entry/9817137581524458/<br> | more: http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/entry/9817137581524458/<br> | ||
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[http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/10/tracing_the_evo.html Tracing the Evolution of Social Software]<br> | [http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/10/tracing_the_evo.html Tracing the Evolution of Social Software]<br> | ||
Revision as of 00:57, 3 January 2009
Social software refers to applications which facilitate virtual connection and collaboration between people on a network. It is sometimes described succinctly as "connection comes before content."
The term came into more common usage in late 2002, largely due to Clay Shirky who organized a "Social Software Summit" in November 2002, having started to use the term in April 2002. Shirky defines social software as "stuff that gets spammed" [1]
Some of the following tools or concepts might not be strictly related to social software, but they surely have appeared on my path to social software knowledge. All in all, I had to gather all this stuff in some way.
more: http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm
more: http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/entry/9817137581524458/
more: My predictions for Top Tools in 2009
Tracing the Evolution of Social Software
more (directory): http://thevirtualhandshake.com/directory
comparison: http://www.consultantcommons.org/node/239
Jeff Miller and Brian Lamb (UBC): Rip. Mix. Feed.
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