a blog about information
So you’re finding someone’s changed his tweet frequency, he’s tweeting too often for your liking? Maybe he’s got on his high horse about something and he can’t let go. And you just wish you could tune him out for a brief period? Help is at hand. Look at this: TwitterSnooze. Personalised short-term filtering out of … Continue reading “Turn on, tune out, drop in”
If you read my last post, Thinking further about syndication, then you would be aware that I’m devoting a lot of cycles to alerts, status messages, mini news items and tweets. I thought it was time I expanded a little on one small segment, tweets as recommendations. When is a tweet a recommendation? Not when … Continue reading “Musing about tweets as recommendations”
When I started this blog, this is how I began the page on About This Blog: I believe that it is only a matter of time before enterprise software consists of only four types of application: publishing, search, fulfilment and conversation. I believe that weaknesses and corruptions in our own thinking about digital rights and … Continue reading “Thinking further about syndication”
Just take a look at this video: To quote Jim Houston: Based on the lyric (and alternate title) “Big Ideas: Don’t get any” I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they’re trying their best to do something that they’re not exactly designed to do, and not … Continue reading “Nude Big Ideas and Unintended Uses”
I’m sure there are better ways to decompose social networks, but in my simple mind, there are only a small number of fundamental components: directories and address books (you need to find the person or group you’re looking for) profiles and CVs and suchlike (there has to be some way of describing the person or … Continue reading “Wondering about status messages amongst other things”