Collaborative Minds

Collaboration is a process of thinking as well as working together ThinkingOutLoud.DonaldNoyes.20140929

--- People sitting at a table in a coffee shop can become collaborators when the allow mental interchange of ideas

collaboration can exist even when it uses ideas or offerings
- how a common task (collaboration) is to be done may involve differing approaches and operations
- it may be agreed that somethings need to be moved, while the method of movement is different
  - one may carry it by hand, move it in a wheelbarrow or hand-truck, deliver it by car or truck, or even ship it via a common-carrier.

--- People at widely scattered locations can become collaborators of the same things

by allowing subsituted-technology for face-to-face meetings
- via conferencing via Skype, OoVoo, Google Hangouts, or other such virtual-face-to-face meet-ups
by sharing documents and presentations in transmissions
- using email, drop-boxes, video-recordings or uploads, etc.