Collaboration
Another word for sharing that’s been gaining popularity in the past couple of years, the internet is now transforming into a set of collaborative web sites that allow their users to share their preferred content and have it saved online wherever they go.
Collaborative tools that have been widely used include those for music collaboration, document processing and sharing and Video sharing.
Music Collaboration
DEEZER
One of the first Legal streaming music i got to know is Deezer.
Membership is for free, and it allows you to create your own playlists, in addition to radio channels offered by deezer. You can also create a network of friends through adding them to your network, which then allows you to access and add their playlists.
Zaki & Friends
Music Collaboration through sharing tunes and mixing them together
http://zakirostom.wordpress.com
A blog started by my friend Zaki, who aims to produce a CD later this year based on his collaborative efforts with other users/bloggers, through shared music sampling and mixing by the users’ community.
The Fruit Project as he calls it is in gear and here is his message to the users
“The Fruit Projects are in gear! Zaki & Friends have just launched The Fruit Projects. Come and make music! If you have a funky loop or if you play an instrument, come and share it with us. You can contribute under a real or pseudo name, with completed tracks you’ve already made and want feedback on, or with short samples you just came up with.”
Enjoy the Fruits.
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Video Collaboration
You Tube
No need to add words here, its the one and only you tube.
MetaCafe
You Tube’s once a upon time adversary, still offers video sharing between its users. In addition to its website, Metacafe also offers its users a down loadable program, a client, with which you can also receive new videos added.
Vimeo
People connecting through video.
Vimeo’s is a site offering user uploaded content, with a hip interface, and some Web 2.0 features.
With Vimeo, you can create your own gadget for video sharing and place it on Facebook or your own Blog.
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TokBox
A video chatting utility that is offered for free and allows more than one video connection to friends and other users.
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Documents Collaboration
Google’s less advertised tool for document, spreadsheet and power point presentation sharing online.
Through creating a gmail account, you gain access to Google Docs, while allows you to store, publish or share documents for all collaborative purposes, whether it is shared work , or a survey to circulate around.
check it out at http://docs.google.com/
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Photo Collaboration
The most popular on line Photo sharing site. Needless to say more, if you don’t know it, check it out now
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