Tracing the Evolution of Social Software

ChristopherRayAllen writes "I have just posted an article on the history of terminology associated with collaboration software in my Life With Alacrity blog: The term 'social software', which is now used to define software that supports group interaction, has only become relatively popular within the last two or more years. However, the core ideas of social software itself enjoy a much longer history, running back to Vannevar Bush's ideas about 'memex' in 1945, and traveling through terms such as Augmentation, Groupware, and CSCW in the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. By examining the many terms used to describe today's 'social software' we can also explore the origins of social software itself, and see how a very real life cycle centers around the use of technical terminology."

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[Anonymous Coward]

What on Earth is a story of which the title contains the word "social" doing on the front page of Slashdot? This is "News for Nerds," remember; soon we shall be having stories about stuff like "real life", "the outside World" and other common myths :-).

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