This will be a discussion-based meeting in which Dick Byyny will present his experience with  (1) professional social networks related to physicians and scientists members in an organization; and (2) the Electronic Health Record pluses and minuses. The following specific networks will serve as examples: “Doximity Helps Physicians Connect” at https://www.doximity.com/ “Patients-Like-Me” at http://www.patientslikeme.com/ and [...]

The ever-growing complexity of design projects needs the collaboration of multidisciplinary design teams. Communication gaps however arise between stakeholders who belong to different design communities due to differences in cultures, backgrounds and modes of communication. Moreover, the co-evolution of design communities and their systems requires an open environment to support emerging needs. The [...]

Cultures are defined in part by their media and their tools for thinking, working, learning, and collaborating. In the past, the design of most media emphasized a clear distinction between producers and consumers. The rise in social computing (based on social production and mass collaboration) has facilitated a shift from consumer cultures (specialized in producing [...]

The Open Energy Information project, or OpenEI, is a content sharing andcollaboration community focused on accelerating our transition to cleanenergy systems.  Its current platform allows for the sharing of energy data,tools, models and knowledge.  By facilitating the efficient and widespreadsharing of energy-related content, we believe that OpenEI can help accelerateinnovation, development and deployment of clean [...]

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March 16 – Dara Cunningham: NREL’s OpenEI [...]