MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | The
MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | The long conversation
5 years after cluetrain...
« May 2004 | Main | July 2004 »
MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | The long conversation
5 years after cluetrain...
This wiki entry and related posts let me thoughful ... I wonder... Hyperlink as a currency? Pass the money around ... so after all I might already be a millionaire ;-) in the netEconomy. The question is : can i survive as a still water-blood-flesh being with hyperlinks in my wallet?
An excerpt:
"And the point is, this is TheAttentionEconomy. And it's NetoCracy. Which means we have to do our NetoCracy/Imploitation as well as our NetoCracy/Exploitation. Passing the GoogleJuice on the left-hand side is definitely another part of that. Is it "imploitation"? At a stretch is feels similar. But maybe it's yet a third kind of thing. Need to think about this more."
But the real good stuff turns out to be the Attention Economy. That thoughtstorm about the so-called attention economy definitely resonnates in me. Maybe because of my current professional context. I'm consulting for a big pharma company that is also a player in the game of a news aggregator, namely a 'portal', for a very targeted audience: the physicians ! A great project and lots of potential if *we* play it clever and , for example, use the tools out there... Though I didn't quite convince the deciders with my demo and speech about blogs, RSS, free content aggregation. Too be honest I felt quite awkward on how to present it without sounding too much like a nerd. They sure see the power but are convinced that their audience , those doctors, are far too backward to switch to such geeky ways... How long this statement will stand? I bet not quite long...
This is from Wireless Unleashed's inaugural post:
"Spectrum policy may sound like an obscure, technical topic. However, it governs wireless technologies with huge impacts on our lives: television, mobile phones, WiFi, GPS, and radio, to name a few. Opening up wireless capacity could improve broadband connections to the home, spark deployment of peer-to-peer or location-based wireless applications, and more. In the developing world, unlicensed wireless devices could create economic opportunity by bootstrapping network connectivity. The potential benefits are enormous, and the consequences for business and social interaction are significant."
TIME.com: Start-Up Your Engines! -- Jun. 07, 2004
Just something for The B to read ...
One thing lead to another. On the search for implants of all kinds, I tripped over this fascinating article. The author is in my opinion a bit too optimistic about what the likely implications will be for humanity in case of adoption of the proposed devices. I could imagine telepathic abilities to be used by only a few in the beginning, creating an elite. What he doesn't discuss is how we would interface with such devices. Would there be only one-to-one links or many-to-many? In the latter scenario, I would like to be in the position to reject an incoming message. Maybe the channel would be opened externally through an exterior device I would carry around with me. Intriguind ideas.
Ever wanted to sniff a bit of the future? This article is for sure going to give you the feeling you had been transported into the future.
But now, it is the year 2004 and we are living the future. I let the judgement up to you. I find it fascinating to see that implants have become a reality.
This article led me to search for other implants we can wear these days. I found:
There must be other types of implants available. What I would like to know is if there are some being developed for non-medical application.
Oh wait, googled it. :) How about a tooth implant instead of carrying your cellular around with you? It could connect with an earbud over bluetooth.
The last Wired Magazine has an article on
internal decision markets where you let "the crowd" make up their mind instead of relying on a single person or a small group of people. This is one of those things where you wonder why it hasn't been done yet, the article cites only HP as one that did a test-run of one of those markets.
I call this a smart proposal and one more tool in the area of internal knowledge management.
