Understanding networked professionals: insights from weblog research

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

everyday
interactive
grounded theory

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

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"

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

investing into invisible

dealing with fragments

choosing and managing tools

identity across boundaries

getting help when needed

shaping own workplace

work-life balance

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Understanding networked professionals: insights from weblog research

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