CSCW, CSCD links?+

• collaborative editing
  • SubEthaEdit
  • Gobby and ebby
  • http://technomancy.us/113
  • gobby 0.5 → Infinote http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/wiki/Infinote
  • conspire > http://github.com/technomancy/conspire
  • etherPad > http://etherpad.com/
  • a d-bus based protocol, intended to be editor independent > http://alban.apinc.org/blog/collaborative-editing/

• shared drawing/ whiteboards/ editable images
  • eduSim, croquet on a shared whiteboard > http://edusim.greenbush.us/
  • http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage
  • online shared whiteboard » http://www.twiddla.com/
  • realtime collaboration » http://thinkature.com/ seems to be broken Sept 2008, last blog updated dec 2006. The demo works, but ones own images seem to be inaccessible.
  • mindmapping style graphs » http://www.bubbl.us/
  • inkscape includes a collaborative shared whiteboard “inkboard” > http://inkboard.sourceforge.net/docs/UserManual.html

• an overview > http://ace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ace/ace/tags/ACE_20050624/doc/pdf/algorithm.pdf
• the BEEP protocol (Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol). http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3080.txt

“ThinkCycle is an academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges facing underserved communities and the environment. ThinkCycle seeks to create a culture of open source design innovation, with ongoing collaboration among individuals, communities and organizations around the world.” http://www.thinkcycle.org/

see also: GroupWare, Social Software