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Using a room metaphor to ease transitions in Groupware

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Beyond Knowledge Management: Sharing Expertise, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (2003)

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Abstract: Many groupware systems contain gaps that hinder or block natural social interaction or that do not let people easily move between different styles of work. We believe that the adoption of a room metaphor can ease people's transitions across these gaps, allowing them to work together more naturally. Using the TeamWave Workplace system as an example, we show how particular gaps are removed. First, we ease a person's transition between single user and groupware applications by making rooms...

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