This document discusses trends in online communities and learning. It explores how technology has changed how people interact in networks and communities. Some key points discussed include the roles people play as community leaders, technology stewards, or network weavers. The document also examines tensions between individual and group interactions online and different tools that can address these tensions by facilitating interactions, publishing, and both synchronous and asynchronous communications. Overall, the document considers how online spaces can be oriented towards meetings, projects, conversations, publishing content, building expertise, and cultivating relationships and communities.