Derek Powazek's website addresses issues of community in collaborative online systems. He describes his book, Design for Community: "Mostly it's a collection of lessons learned the hard way – personal stories about websites that have succeeded (and failed) in creating community online..."
You can check out some excerpts (including a conversation with Howard Rheingold) on the site, as well as several essays he has written on online community issues since its publication.
Posted by patrick at February 18, 2003 08:01 AMHey Patrick,
I really like this site. Thanks for posting it. Have you read the book?
Posted by: Linda on February 18, 2003 10:35 AM