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COLLABORATION I
Michael Helfrich: "We all run our businesses through many, many project teams doing their stuff and praying that it all comes together. MS Project is the killer application for the structured aspects, but collaborative frameworks like Groove provide the best chance at managing the unanticipated exception conditions. Fusing the two environments together provides perhaps yet another killer app for the enterprise."

COLLABORATION II
darwinmag.com: Scott Kirsner on Culture of Collaboration, including "10 recommendations for getting employees to adopt collaborative tools and use them in an effective way" - nearly one year old, still highly recommended reading.

COLLABORATION III
Internetweek.com: Collaboration Requires Combo Of Software Tools, Readers Say - "Key findings in an InternetWeek.com poll taking customers' pulse on collaboration and the best software platforms to make it possible."

WATCHING THE "ALPHA GEEKS": OS X AND THE NEXT BIG THING
Tim O'Reilly on how you can see the shape of emerging technologies by watching hackers and other "alpha geeks".

SWITCH TO MAC OS X
A guide to key user experience differences between Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X - Slashdot Thread

SEARCH INTERFACE STANDARDS
Bobulate.com: "In designing an interface for search, are there standards that we can come to expect? To investigate, [Liz Danzico] took a look at several sites to understand what some of the commonalties and differences might be. This investigation is about the ordering and structure of the search fields themselves, not the results, which have been the topic of much discussion already."