the rise of social distribution networks is a good (long) piece (ht nic). i liked the concept of streams:
A stream. A real time, flowing, dynamic stream of information — that
we as users and participants can dip in and out of and whether we
participate in them or simply observe we are are a part of this
flow...
...This world of flow, of streams, contains a very different possibility set to the world of pages. Among other things it changes how we perceive needs. Overload isnt a problem anymore since we have no choice but to acknowledge that we cant wade through all this information. This isnt an inbox we have to empty, or a page we have to get to the bottom of — its a flow of data that we can dip into at will but we cant attempt to gain an all encompassing view of it.
...This world of flow, of streams, contains a very different possibility set to the world of pages. Among other things it changes how we perceive needs. Overload isnt a problem anymore since we have no choice but to acknowledge that we cant wade through all this information. This isnt an inbox we have to empty, or a page we have to get to the bottom of — its a flow of data that we can dip into at will but we cant attempt to gain an all encompassing view of it.
makes me think of the upcoming google wave project http://wave.google.com/
Posted by: will | June 24, 2009 at 02:30 PM