1. “Find me the person online who can really help me now.”

2. Who else is facing a similar problem?
Cluster:
Who else is facing a similar problem?
Where can I find complementary approaches?
Has anyone found contrary evidence?

3. BuddySpace
We call it BuddySpace, and it looks like this: (1) Your group contacts, also known as a roster or Buddy List, are constructed automatically at the server, and pushed to your client; custom maps, for example (2) your office layout can be included, and all dots are dynamic: red means offline, yellow is away, and green is online; clicking on any dot opens up a chat window. You can broadcast messages to an entire group, and embed other maps wuch as world, (3) country, or regional maps, and create a custom ‘dashboard’ (4) to see the status of your favourite contacts.

4. Automatic groups, maps, clusters, presence

5. BuddyFinder
Arbitrary keywords
at user’s discretion

6. Easy search
No keywords
in your profile?
Scans your
pages + those
of colleagues
about you!

8. ‘Yoked’ apps via BuddySpace
Student A
Student B
(‘yoked’, but without full
screen sharing
required!)