 | Level: Introductory Scott Laningham (scottla@us.ibm.com), Podcast Editor, IBM developerWorks
05 Sep 2006 IBM Fellow Carol Jones discusses social networking, advances in collaboration, and the tools growing up to facilitate them.
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 Carol Jones is an IBM® Fellow and distinguished engineer in the IBM Software Group and the architect who led the startup of well-known products such as WebSphere® Portal, IBM Workplace Services Express, WebSphere Studio, and WebSphere Application Server.
Listen to the podcast (22:00) (Click to listen or right-click "Save as" to download) Read the transcript She talks about her work with and exploration of new technologies related to Web 2.0, social networking, and collaboration. She talks about the subtle refinement of software design and the use of certain technologies that is driving this evolution of Web-based collaboration. Examples of the friction between work models and the tools we use are mentioned, as well as solutions in the works utilizing real-time communication, activity-based computing, and social bookmarking. Jones is a distinguished engineer in IBM's Software Group. She is the architect who led the startup of well-known products such as WebSphere Portal, IBM Workplace Services Express, WebSphere Studio, and WebSphere Application Server. Today, she is an IBM Fellow and architect for collaboration software. You can contact her at jcarol@us.ibm.com.
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| | Scott Laningham, host of developerWorks podcasts, was previously editor of developerWorks newsletters. His other work has included reporter and director for programming featured on Public Radio International, freelance writer for the American Communications Foundation and CBS Radio, and songwriter/musician. |
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