

Good conversations are messy, non-linear and complicated.

How come only the seven women can comment in the margins? We don’t yet understand how to model a complex conversation in the web’s two-dimensional environment and we’re hoping this experiment will help us learn some of what we need to do to make this sort of collaboration as successful as possible. It’s part of a long-term effort to encourage and enable a culture of collaborative learning.

The project went live on Monday 10 November 2008. It’s an experiment in close-reading in which seven women are reading the book and conducting a conversation in the margins. Here are answers to some common questions:
