Collaboration

I am excited to see the increase in collaboration among all sorts of people. I've noticed it recently among musical artists -- I remember when Frank Sinatra's "Duets" were news -- it seemed almost revolutionary to have all those musicians singing together. But these days everyone, in all genres, from rappers like Eminem and Asher Roth, to top 40 acts like Beyonce and Shakira, record together. And even if they aren't working together on a specific project, they call out to each other in their songs. And rather than diminishing the efforts of anyone for not producing a solo piece, the collaboration truly works like a wave lifting all boats.

So is this increased collaboration the result of web thinking, akin to wikis and comments on blogs? Will this be an ongoing thing? I hope so.