Ray  Ga

llon  &  Neu

s  Loren

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Crossing Boundaries: Implications for the Content Industries

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Transcending  Time:    Collabora:on  in  the  virtual  age  

The  Mu:la:on  of  Uranus  by  Saturn  (Chronos)  hDp://img.waggish.org/wp-­‐content/uploads/2013/02/The_Mu:lia:on_of_Uranus_by_Saturn.jpg  

Time is asynchronous: Meet now, join later!

Thank  you  for  par:cipa:ng  in  this  synchronous  /  asynchronous  experience  

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Time  is  not  something  that  happens  to  us:  it  is  how  we  spend  our  lives.  

Chronos (time, eternal duration)

Cronus:  hDp://www.aworldofmyths.com/media/Greek_Gods/Cronus/Cronus_2tl.jpg  Myths:  hDp://www.aworldofmyths.com/Greek_Gods/Cronus.html  

Measurable  and  quan:ta:ve  Flows  in  Nature  Expands  in  planned  tasks    “Clock  :me”  

Digitization of Time: evolution of ephemeral registers

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The  First  Digi:za:on  of  Time  

Osaka  Water  Clock      hDp://www.tofugu.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2011/10/water-­‐clock.jpg  

The  Digital  Water  Clock  Clepsydra:  Transferring    concepts.  From  flowing  to  coun:ng  

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Kairos (the right moment)

Museo  di  An:chità  di  Torino.  Kairos:  hDp://www.decorarconarte.com/WebRoot/StoreES2/Shops/61552482/4932/4EA7/AF04/2BA4/78E8/C0A8/28BA/F8A8/DSCN1031.JPG  

Characterised  by  intensity  Qualita:ve  You  flow  within  it  Expands  with  engagement  “Psychological    :me”  

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Wai:ng  Time  seems  Eternal  

Photo  by  Adam  Dobrovitz  

Rush    Time    seems  ephemeral  

Horae (the right order)

Good  Order  Peace  Climate  Natural  jus:ce  “Social    :me”  

Image:  hDp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Dionis_i_Hore.jpg/250px-­‐Dionis_i_Hore.jpg  Ref:  hDp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horae  

From Natural to Human iteration

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Chronus, Kairos, and Horae in the Virtual World

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Challenges:  -­‐Planning  our  line  of  ac:on  -­‐Regula:ng  engagement    -­‐Crea:ng  a  culture  

Planning  

Ac:on  

Accountability  

Observing  

Reflec:ng  

Sharing  

NEMETICS:    No:ce,  Engage,  Mull,  Exchange  (See  Blog  Post  on  Adobe  web  site)  

hDp://rgbwaves.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/complexity-­‐as-­‐i-­‐see-­‐it-­‐and-­‐understand/  

The Dance of the Hours

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Wisdom  is  not  the  result    of  a  long  life  of  struggling  for  knowledge  acquisi?on,    but  of  the  lifelong  aBempt    to  build  it.  

What  makes  a    market  a  market,  a  school  a  school,  or  a  home,  Home?  

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Urgent!  

Important  

Time Management Matrix URGENT   NOT  URGENT  

IMPORTANT          

NOT  IMPORTANT          

   3.  Collaborators,  Teams.    -­‐Reports,  mails,  calls…  DO:  Delegate  ,  simplify,  sort.  

4.  Automa:c  tools,  Filters,  an:-­‐spam.    -­‐  Undesired  informa5on/overload  control  DO:  Automa:c  treatment,  if  any,  garbage.  

1.  Writer,  producer,  content  creator.      -­‐Deadlines,  crisis,  personal  du5es…    DO:  Fast  and  efficiently.  

2.  Project  manager,    coordinator,  leader.    -­‐Vision,  updates,  diffusion,  debate,    DO:  Plan  ,  maintain,    commit  

Na:onal  Geographic:  Plane  Crash,  near  Sanarate,  Guatemala,,  by  Robert  Madden.    hDp://es.slideshare.net/guimera/na:onal-­‐geographic-­‐50-­‐best-­‐photographs  .  

The most urgent and important events can not always be planned…

Two possible future paths after a specific moment

Meeting here and now: Space-time

Two-­‐Dimensional  Space-­‐:me  Depicted  in    Three-­‐Dimensional  Space-­‐:me  hDp://www.physics.fsu.edu/users/ProsperH/AST3033/Space:me.gif  Ref:  hDp://www.andersonins:tute.com/physical-­‐defini:on-­‐of-­‐:me.htm          

Observation point: “Here and Now”

There  is  only    ONE  FIRST  TIME…  

In Our Digital Age, The Moment is Ubiquitous

LIVE  Webcam  Network  hDp://www.earthcam.com/  

Timelines of change and complexity

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Components of complexity

Ref:  FriendMosaic:  hDp://rippleffectgroup.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/olympic-­‐:meline1.jpg  

Virtual  space-­‐:me    is  the  result    of  gathering    individual    contribu:ons.  Complexity  relates  to  the  number    of  unique  elements  

and  the  number    of  connec:ons  between  them.  

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Yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream. -Kahlil Gibran

Planetary Time: a measurement tool

We  use  :me  to  measure:  

– Work  and  its  value  – Linear  physical  distance  – Age  and  maturity  – Distribu:on  of  space  around  the  globe…  

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Time Zones

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There  are  39  :me  zones  around  the  world  to  define  26  hours!  

Kiriba:  

What Time is it?

Finland:  12:00  

Norway:  11:00  

Russia:    14:00  

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Playing the Time Zones

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Phase  2:  Barcelona    12:00  –  18:00  

Phase  1:  Tokyo  9:00  –  18:00  

Phase  3:    New  York  12:00  –  18:00  

Phase  4:  San  Francisco  15:00  –  18:00  

Arrival  Tokyo  14:00  next  day  –  21  hours  of  work  in  29  hours  elapsed  :me!  

Not So Simple Problems Playing the Time Zones

•  Teams  don't  always  know  original  inten:on  –  costs  of  rework  can  offset  the  benefits  

•  Project  management  is  not  easily  scalable  –  we  s:ll  need  automated,  specialized  PM  tools    

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•  Requires  more  industrial  processes  to  replace  hand-­‐crazing  –  pressures  on  quality  increase  

•  Problems  of  language,  culture,  interpreta:ons,  etc.  

Telling time is also

a cultural transmission A  quarter  past  seven  (Spanish,  French)  

A  quarter    towards  eight  (German,  Catalan)  

Fer:gmachen  (Ger.)  

Cultural Perceptions of Time

Collaborating in a Time-Shifted, Digital Universe

Tools  Facilita?on  •  Email  is  not  a  groupware  tool  •  Time-­‐shized  Computer  Assisted  

Conferencing  (CAC)  systems  are  designed  to  facilitate  many-­‐to-­‐many  communica:on:  –  Across  :me  (store-­‐and-­‐forward  

mode)  –  Across  cultures  (modera:on  tools)  –  Provides  a  consultable  record  –  Designed  by  communicators  

Human  Facilita?on  

•  Moderator  (project  manager?)    –  S:mulates  discussion  –  Provides  cross-­‐cultural  assistance  –  Ensures  that  team  members  are  

in  sync  and  have  common  understandings  

–  Controls  discussion  when  necessary  

–  Provides  closure/decision-­‐making  

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Time-Shifted Collaboration Models

Ref:  Ray  Gallon,  Transforma:on  Society  1998  

Customized Workflows Choose  to  add  a  flow  state    

Useful  way  to  label  pages,  organise  content    and  communicate  with  people  in  your  project    

Personalise  ways  to  label,    organise  and  communicate    progress  in  your  project  

Choose  to  add  a  new  state    

Workflow:  Thanks  to  Angus  Edwardson    hDps://blog.gathercontent.com/we-­‐have-­‐launched-­‐workflow  

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Ray  Ga

llon  &  Neu

s  Loren

zo   THANK YOU

Ray  Email:  ray@transforma:onsociety.net  TwiBer:  @RayGallon  LinkedIn:  Ray  Gallon  Google  Plus:  +Ray  Gallon      Blog  –  Rant  of  a  Humanist  Nerd:    hDp://humanistnerd.culturecom.net    

Neus  Email:  neus@transforma:onsociety.net  TwiBer:  @NewsNeus  LinkedIn:  Neus  Lorenzo    

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