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More thoughts about social computing

Come to think of it, the hardest and most interesting part won’t be figuring out how the technology works. That takes time and experimentation, but it’s quite doable. What’s really tough and fun is figuring out how people work, how communities work, and how to support that while changing their behavior…

It’s not about blogs, wikis, etc. It’s about communication and community…

Random Japanese sentence: 猫は捕らえたネズミを引き裂き始めた。 The cat began to tear at the mouse it caught.

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