1. A method for organizing knowledge data comprising: providing a place associated with at least a subset of the knowledge data, said place including at least one portal having a search window for searching the subset of the knowledge data, a list for displaying indicia associated with one or more persons having an affinity to the subset of knowledge data, and communication means to initiate communication with the one or more persons; enabling a user to search the subset of the knowledge data using the search window; retrieving a portion of the subset of the knowledge data; displaying indicia associated with one or more persons having an affinity to the retrieved knowledge data; enabling a user to select one or more of the displayed indicia; and initiating communication with one or more persons associated with the selected indicia.