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Ray Ozzie on using computers for collaboration

Average Reading Time: less than a minute.

Why?
“…as I entered the business world, it simply made no sense to me that computers were being used solely for computing and “data processing”; the collaborative online work environment that I’d taken for granted, that I’d used day in and day out, was simply missing in action.
Our work lives are all about interpersonal connections, our businesses processes are structured into connections amongst people and systems that must be coordinated. What better use of technology than to help people to connect?”
Excellent article from the founder/designer(?) of Lotus Notes and more recently, Groove. Very interesting things to say and a nice example of a how a weblog has a much more interesting and genuine voice when compared to normal marketing…and market he does!