Presentation to Tata Communication's Collabhack13. July 12, 2013.

1. 3 Thoughts on
Collaboration
James Cham
July 2013

3. 1. Past and Future
Engelbart:
1925-1968-2013

4. Engelbart’s vision, from the
beginning, was collaborative.
His vision was people working
together in a shared intellectual
space. His entire system was
designed around that intent.
Bret Victor
http://worrydream.com/Engelbart/

6. 2. Observations
Thiel: What is true
but not yet widely
known?

7. Technology drives culture
Bandwidth, bandwidth,
bandwidth
Everybody is a
knowledge worker
Devices/Person >> 1
Storage costs = ~0

8. Behavioralists
takes over the world
Kahneman
Thinking fast (System 1) & slow (System 2)
Cliff Nass
The Man Who Lied to His Laptop
BJ Fogg Triggers and small steps
Dan Ariely Predictably Irrational

10. 3. Suggestions
Hint: probably not
Minority Report

11. Big and Small
Full field of vision,
immersive experiences
Small, constant whispers

12. Save everything
Audit trails
Search
Summarization

13. Highly specific
Vertical workflows
Very tight, well-defined
use cases

14. 3 Thoughts on
Collaboration
James Cham
james@bloombergbeta.com
@jamescham