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ANCIENTCHINA

EVOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION

Telephone

1870-

Internet

1960-

Email

1970-

Telegraph

1790-

Telefax

1865-

Web

1990-

Social media

2010-

COMMUNICATIONPOINT-TO-POINT

1910, France

COLLABORATIONCONTEXT-BASEDCOMMUNICATION

SENDER ANDRECEIVER

CONTEXT OFCOMMUNICATION

COORDINATIONHIERARCHY

Ref: Ruby on Rails, Github

COOPERATIONWIREARCHY

“First we shape our structures.

Then, our structures shape us.”

Winston Churchill, British politician

MANUFACTURER

MEDIA

PRODUCT CONSUMER

SENDER MESSAGE RECEIVER

ART

ARTIST WORK AUDIENCE

RENAISSANCE1400-1800

MODERNISM1890-1940

POSTMODERNISM 1975-

VISION FORM DIVERSITY

CRAFTMANSHIP PRODUCTS SOCIAL OBJECTS

“Societies have always been shaped

more by the nature of the media by

which men communicate than by the

content of the communication.”

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian media theorist

MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

SOCIAL MEDIA

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0

1.6

3.2

4.8

6.4

8

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

6.26.57.4

6.1

4.7

“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the

human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its

full potential, that word would be meetings.”

Dave Barry, Comedian

Hours of meetings / day

16

0

30

60

90

120

150

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

132

93

59

2519

EMAILIS BROKEN

Incoming email / day

“Email is not a messaging protocol. It is

a todo list. And it is a shitty todo list.

Anyone of you can put stuff on my todo

list and I don't want that.”

Paul Graham, inventor of Bayesian spam filters

What was the agenda?Where is it?Who is going to be there?

...where is that email?

Meeting related datais scattered across multiple applications

Has everyone read the agenda and materials?

Cathing upis a chore

Meetin.gs – The smartest way to meet

Product Workshop

Design SessionOn Skype

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Catch up where ever you are

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Analyze your meeting habits

PHYSICAL SPACEFROM PRIVATE OFFICETO OPEN PLAN

DIGITAL SPACEFROM POINT-TO-POINT (PERSONAL INBOX)TO CONTEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION (SHARED MEETING PAGE)

“It is the framework which

changes with each new

technology and not just the

picture within the frame.”

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian media theorist

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