Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE In the article "Managing distances and differences in geaographically distributed groups", David Armstrong and Paul Cole (in the same book by Kiesler and Cummings), add other proximity effects on work relations :

- chatting in the Hall - feedback (distance blocked the corrective feedback loops provided by chance encounters) - learning by watching - out-of sight, out-of mind - short is long (the effects of close proximity died off quickly with relatively little distance, making short distances equal to long ones in their effects on group interaction) : "Even if you are on the other side of the cafeteria, you are in another sphere of influence"