Category: CSCW
Commentary2: In the special edition on CSCW & Groupware.
        Republished in Greenberg, 1991.
Abstract: Xerox developed a cross-site environment called
        Media Space---a network of video, audio, and
        computing technologies---to connect two distance
        separated research laboratories: the large Palo Alto
        lab and a much smaller site in Portland.  The
        Portland laboratory was intensionally developed to
        force its group to focus on interpersonal computing
        in a geographically distributed organization (ie to
        keep in close touch with Palo Alto). This paper
        summarizes observations of the Portland experience
        made by an outside observer.  Insight into remote
        work in a distributed organization is provided and
        the use of the collaborative tools discussed.
Number: 2
Bibtype: Article
Booktitle: International Journal of Man Machine Studies
Author: M.H. Olson
        S.A. Bly
Pages: 211-228
Title: The Portland Experience: A report on a distributed
        research group
Note: remote meetings, virutal hallways, video, evaluation
Year: 1991
Volume: 34