Learning from Notes: organizational issues in groupware implementation
CSCW '92 Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
Information and context: lessons from the study of two shared information systems
COCS '93 Proceedings of the conference on Organizational computing systems
The social-technical design circle
CSCW '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Coordination mechanisms: towards a conceptual foundation of CSCW systems design
Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special issue on the design of cooperative systems
Considering an organization's memory
CSCW '98 Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Shared leadership in the Apache project
Communications of the ACM
Social, individual and technological issues for groupware calendar systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Open source movements as a model for organising
European Journal of Information Systems
Understanding open source software development
Understanding open source software development
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know
Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know
Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
GROUP '03 Proceedings of the 2003 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work
Behind the help desk: evolution of a knowledge management system in a large organization
CSCW '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Role Migration and Advancement Processes in OSSD Projects: A Comparative Case Study
ICSE '07 Proceedings of the 29th international conference on Software Engineering
Resources, Co-Evolution and Artifacts: Theory in CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work)
Resources, Co-Evolution and Artifacts: Theory in CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work)
Understanding how and why open source contributors use diagrams in the development of Ubuntu
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Most empirical studies of peer production have focused on the final products of these efforts (such as software in Free/Open Source projects), but there are also many other knowledge artifacts that improve the effectiveness of the project. This paper presents a study of an intermediate work product, or informalism, used in a Free/Open Source Software project, GNUe. A digest-like artifact called the Kernel Cousin (KC) was used extensively in the project. These KCs allowed critical coordination and memory, but at the cost of considerable effort. The paper presents two examples of the KCs' use in the project as well as an analysis of their benefits and costs.