Connections: new ways of working in the networked organization
Connections: new ways of working in the networked organization
Evaluating video as a technology for informal communication
CHI '92 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Media spaces: bringing people together in a video, audio, and computing environment
Communications of the ACM
Global networks: Computers and international communication
Global networks: Computers and international communication
CSCW '94 Proceedings of the 1994 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
The Jupiter audio/video architecture: secure multimedia in network places
Proceedings of the third ACM international conference on Multimedia
Email overload: exploring personal information management of email
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Re-place-ing space: the roles of place and space in collaborative systems
CSCW '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Piazza: a desktop environment supporting impromptu and planned interactions
CSCW '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
TeamRooms: network places for collaboration
CSCW '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Groupware in the wild: lessons learned from a year of virtual collocation
CSCW '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
The first noble truth of CyberSpace: people are people (even when they MOO)
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Introduction: The State of Play
Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special issue on interaction and collaboration in MUDs
Moving Practice: From Classrooms to MOO Rooms
Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special issue on interaction and collaboration in MUDs
Community Support for Constructionist Learning
Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special issue on interaction and collaboration in MUDs
Computing, Social Activity, and Entertainment: A Field Study of a Game MUD
Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special issue on interaction and collaboration in MUDs
Network Communities: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed …
Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special issue on interaction and collaboration in MUDs
CVE'98: collaborative virtual environments 1998
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Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
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Video-Mediated Communication
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Collaborative Networked Communication: MUDs as Systems Tools: MUDs as Systems Tools
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Fragmented exchange: disarticulation and the need for regionalized communication spaces
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Supporting the flow of information through constellations of interaction
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Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
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Support for geographically dispersed software teams
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ACM SIGGROUP Bulletin
Mobile instant messaging through Hubbub
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Tech support engineers' communication in a chat tool
CHI '00 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A Description for Services Supporting Cooperations
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Of maps and guidebooks: designing geographical technologies
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The Periscope: supporting a computer enhanced field trip for children
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What counts as success? punctuated patterns of use in a persistent chat environment
GROUP '03 Proceedings of the 2003 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work
Improving individual and organizational performance through communities of practice
GROUP '03 Proceedings of the 2003 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work
CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Hypermedia in the ambient wood
Hypermedia
Guest Editors' Introduction: Social Networks and Social Networking
IEEE Internet Computing
A persistent chat space for work groups: the design, evaluation and deployment of loops
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ECSCW'99 Proceedings of the sixth conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Augmenting the workaday world with Elvin
ECSCW'99 Proceedings of the sixth conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Storied spaces: Cultural accounts of mobility, technology, and environmental knowing
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
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In recent years much attention has been paid to network-based, distributed environments like text-based MUDs and MOOs for supporting collaborative work. Such environments offer a shared virtual world in which interactions can take place irrespective of the actual physical proximity or distance of interactants. Although these environments have proven successful within social, recreational and educational domains, few data have been reported concerning use of such systems in the workplace. In this paper we summarize in-depth interviews with 8 MUDders from a software research and development community where a MUD has been operational and actively used for a number of years. The interviews suggest that the MUD fills a valuable communication niche for this workgroup, being used both synchronously and asynchronously to enable the establishment of new contacts and the maintenance of existing contacts. These observations are discussed in the context of the organization under study.