That place where people, places, and things intersect is usually referred to as a "community." It doesn't matter what kind of people, places, and things we're talking about, it's still a community, and social networks are simply the most recent incarnation. One thing disparate communities share, at least according to Weixiong Zhang, a Washington University associate professor of computer science and engineering and of genetics, and Jianhua Ruan, a faculty member in Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, are networks within communities that define the community's structure.

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Don't miss our coverage of the RailsConf 2006 conference that's happening in Chicago right now. DDJ special correspondent Mike Riley is on the conference floor, reporting on Rails news and events. Plus he will be podcasting reports later in the day.

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