Understanding networked professionals: insights from weblog research Lilia Efimova

researching social media knowledge learning changing workplace

blogging @ work incubating ideas networking challenges to deal with

ideas: articulation sense-making turning into a product

things that do not fit parked in a trusted external repository

things

that do not fit

parked in a

trusted external repository

everyday interactive grounded theory

everyday

interactive

grounded theory

fragmented bits shitty first drafts manageable chunks real audience

fragmented bits

shitty first drafts

manageable chunks

real audience

networking: finding and being found getting to know from a distance bonding through interaction getting things done staying in touch

attractors "a big neon sign that invites others to come and comment" "there is something special about somebody coming to your place to leave their words there" filters peer-filtering and recommendation

attractors

"a big neon sign that invites others to come and comment"

"there is something special about somebody coming to your place to leave their words there"

filters peer-filtering and recommendation

living portrait "You can pick up little subliminal or subconscious or peripheral bits and pieces through what people write, how they write, how their blog looks, how they react to things" asymmetry "They have a really good sense of who you are, what you do, what interests you, and you don't even know their name"

living portrait

"You can pick up little subliminal or subconscious or peripheral bits and pieces through what people write, how they write, how their blog looks, how they react to things"

asymmetry

"They have a really good sense of who you are, what you do, what interests you, and you don't even know their name"

comments and links "fragmented frequent conversation" "distributed sense-making networks" other tools focused, private, vulnerable writing meeting in person "picking up where we have left it in blogs"

comments and links

"fragmented frequent conversation"

"distributed sense-making networks"

other tools

focused, private, vulnerable writing

meeting in person

"picking up where we have left it in blogs"

weblog as a "screening device" foundation to work together shared understanding and trust "a feeling that just talking is not enough and there is a shared need to do something together" switching to other tools "if you want to set up a meeting you wouldn't pontificate about life, the universe and such"

weblog as a "screening device"

foundation to work together

shared understanding and trust

"a feeling that just talking is not enough and there is a shared need to do something together"

switching to other tools

"if you want to set up a meeting you wouldn't pontificate about life, the universe and such"

reading blogs other tools microblogging! social networks presence indicators

reading blogs

other tools

microblogging!

social networks

presence indicators

investing into invisible

dealing with fragments

choosing and managing tools

identity across boundaries

getting help when needed

shaping own workplace

work-life balance

Questions? Slides and links blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/11/09/