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Hey Guys,

I am just going through some ideas for our roundtable discussion please read through and post your comments, ideas and topics.

The evolution of communications media:

1)     one to one (physical conversation/telephone)

2)     one to many (print/radio/television)

3)    many to many (email/facebook)

This newest evolution is what makes networking between people with similar interests easy; thus sparking worldwide collaborative projects. 

Collaborative production happens when a group with a similar goal decide to work together an no one person will take credit for the actions (Wiki projects, Online musical collaboration, Open Source Software)

“Collaborative production, where people have to coordinate with one another to get anything done, is considerably harder than simple sharing, but the results can be more profound. New tools allow large groups to collaborate by taking advantage of nonfinancial motivations and by allowing for wildly differing levels of contribution.” 

- Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody

The Advent of free time since the industrial revolution, slowly grew and we have used television to fill the time gap for years.  Now we can take our interests online and work with people everywhere on a labour of love.

Specific Topics we could discuss:

1)      Creative Production – ease of file sharing

2)      Open Source – ease of updates

3)      Wiki’s – ease of sharing information

4)      Social Media – ease of networking

5)      Critiques – ease of opinion sharing

Please add any information you find interesting or you would like to discuss during the presentation, or points you disagree with or do not want to discuss.