If we combined all the research we as a community have done collectively...it would be about the same amount of time it took to launch a man into space! So how can we leverage all this work?
This is one of many reasons why I am interested in the next generation of the Internet -- often referred to as "Internet 2.0" by cyber pundits. Soon, I'll be deciding on which "community research service" we could be using to help people share research resources. I am leaning towards
http://del.icio.us/ If you have other ideas of helpful insights, please do tell!
If you'd like more information on this phenomenon that can help all of us, check out another example of how the world is coming together to help one another:
Social Bookmarking
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking
More soon.