Jack Park
jackpark@thinkalong.com
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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 20:46:24 -0700



From:   Jack Park, jackpark@thinkalong.com
Reply-To: unrev-II@yahoogroups.com

To:     unrev-II@yahoogroups.com


Subject:   Rythms, Boundaries, and Containers

http://www.awakentech.com

Here is a particularly interesting quote from a wide ranging paper:

"Automated attempts to "pin people down" and thereby enhance accountability may not bring about better communication or enhanced productivity. It is very likely such attempts, if they are accepted by users, will change the "rules of the game," and certain types of critical conversations will move to contexts in which the tool will not be used, thereby altering the nature of the communication which does take place through the new technology. (Reder & Schwab, 1988, p. 367)"

The paper is

Rhythms, Boundaries, and Containers: Creative Dynamics of Asynchronous Group Life Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz Awakening Technology Research Report #4 April 1990

And is available by way of navigation from the URL above, jumping to the "about us" section clicking on "Awakening Technology" and then clicking on a link that reads "publication of a new theory of groupware embodying living systems principles"

I'm not reproducing the actual URL here because it's huge.

While you're there at the home page, jump to their latest "inquiry" system and roam about. It's a valuable experience in groupware knowledge formation.

Sincerely,



Jack Park
jackpark@thinkalong.com