Online Collaboration Techniques
How do people use the Internet to collaborate? This is a surprising large topic. It’s like watch 1 million people build the pyramids by adding a rock to a pile during their 15 minute break time.
Basic
These can be combined to get Intermediate techniques.
Voting
vote for what you like
vote against something
Forum
a user posts text and other users reply
Blog
one or more users posting multiple stories
Chat
between 2 or so people (instant messenger)
in a large group of people (chat room)
Voice
recorded audio (podcast)
direct communication (telephone)
Video
recorded
streaming
Email
electronic version of office mail, delayed communication
Maps
electronic maps
Text Messaging
short (140 character) message that can be entered from phones or computer (Twitter)
Intermediate
Customer Reviews
Customized Maps
Advanced
Collaborate software (open source software)
small to large teams who work for a salary or free
Problem ticket submission
help desk or complaint window
Stores
online purchasing goods and services
Conglomerate Customer Reviews
customer reviews shared across multiple stores
Collaborative Problem Solving
post a technical problem and people submit answers
Music discovery
multiple users submit reviews or votes and trends and patterns suggest related music
Rental
online renting or streaming
Computer Assisted
News page
live analysis of the traffic patterns on several websites and a sorted list of news stories
Website traffic analysis
analysis of button clicks on a website with keywords to show popular sections of a website
Mashups
complex processing of websites to generate a custom site or RSS feed from unrelated, user defined sites.
Music discovery
analysis of music properties (by humans) with a pattern algorithm to suggest related music