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This is a list of some good tools to use to support communication and collaboration in a local and/or distributed environment. These tools work just as well when collaborating with someone in the office next door, as with someone on the other side of the planet.

= Weblogs =
* [http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/03/08/BloggingIsGood Tim Bray: Blogging is Good for your Career] - in response to the "blogging will get you fired" hype, Tim Bray wrote a thoughtful and accurate article on what blogging can do for you professionally.
* [http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BlogShop UBC BlogShop]
* [http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb213538.php Brain of a Blogger] - how writing a weblog can affect your thinking
* [http://commons.ucalgary.ca/weblogs/learningdesign/ Learning Design Project Weblog]
* [http://commons.ucalgary.ca/weblogs/apollo-dev/ APOLLO Development Weblog]
* [http://www.darcynorman.net/ D'Arcy Norman's Weblog]

== Blogosphere (networks of weblogs) ==
* [http://www.technorati.com/tag Technorati Tags]
** [http://www.extremepodcasting.com/screencasts/technorati.html Presentation on Technorati Tags]

== RSS Readers/Aggregators (central places to view updated information) ==
* [http://www.extremepodcasting.com/screencasts/usingrss101.htm RSS 101: Presentation on Using RSS]
* [http://www.ranchero.com/netnewswire NetNewsWire] (MacOSX, free and commercial)
* [http://www.bloglines.com Bloglines] (web, free)
* [http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ Mozilla Thunderbird] (cross platform, free)
* [http://sage.mozdev.org/ Sage] (Firefox extension, cross platform, free)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_news_aggregators Listing on Wikipedia] (various platforms and licenses)

== Images / Photos ==
* [http://www.flickr.com Flickr] - Free online photo sharing

== Audio / Podcasting ==
* [[Podcasting]]

= Wikis =
* [http://www.commoncraft.com/archives/000644.html Wikis described in plain english]
* [http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wiki.pl Active Wiki @ UBC]
* [http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TheFuss What's the Fuss About RSS Project Wiki]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiPedia] - encyclopedia written by real people
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiNews] - Current events and news, written by real people
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page WikiTravel] - travel guides written by real people
* [http://builder.com.com/5100-6315-1046322.html Wiki eases the burden of creating documentation]

= Communication Tools =
* [http://www.apple.com/ichat/ iChatAV] (text, audioconferencing, videoconferencing)]
* [http://www.aim.com AOL Instant Messaging] (text chat)