break up the net
DESCRIPTION
We communicate through many different discrete channels, protocols and programs. We do this because each offers us different qualities such as privacy, immediacy, formality and intrusiveness. It would be better to just have medium types and channels, and to explicitly choose the qualities we wish to attach. Google Wave is somewhat like that.TRANSCRIPT
•TV/radio
•iTunes
•Telephone
•SMS
•IM
•Web essays
•Blogs
•Wikis
•Web Forum
•Internet video
•Mailing list
•IRC
Electronic Communications
Applications
Not Twitter
I don’t get Twitter
ImmediacyImmediateImmediate DeferredDeferred
Phone TV/radio
SMS iTunes
IM Email
Twitter Web
Intrusiveness
Intrusiveness
IntrusiveIntrusive
RequestedRequested
Formality
FormalFormal KindaKinda InformalInformal
TV/radio Wikis Telephone
iTunes Blogs SMS
Web essays Web video IM
Email Twitter
Rich LimitedFormatting
Privacy
PublicPublic PrivatePrivate
TV/radio Phone
iTunes SMS
Web IM
Mailing List Email
TransienceTransientTransient PermanentPermanent
Phone iTunes
SMS Email
IM Web page
TV/radio
Media
VideoText
SoundPicture
Structured Message
Immediacy + Formality + Privacy + Transience + …
+ Medium
Electronic Communications
Applications
Immediacy + Formality + Privacy + Transience + …
+ Medium
Electronic Communications
Applications
…
AuthenticationAuthorizationReferences…
+ Text
Twitter=
Immediate + Informal + Public + Transient
Phone=
+ VoiceImmediate + Informal + Private + Transient
TV=
+ VideoImmediate + Formal + Public + Transient
+ Video
Vweet?=
Immediate + Informal + Public + Transient
+ Structured message
API call=
Immediate + Private + Transient
+ <Whatever>
Comment=
Deferred + Informal + Public + Permanent+ Re:
Immediate
Disqus?
Intense Debate?
Ad-hoc ChannelsFiltering
PrivateIntrusive<Anything>
Daytime
BossPrivateDeferredText
Evening/Weekend
PrivateDemandRe:Structured Message:•Order placed•Order shipped•Order delivered•Order canceled
PrivateDemandStreamVideo
PrivateIntrusiveStreamVideoStructured Message
PrivateIntrusive<Anything>Daytime
ComputerCellphoneHome phone
BossPrivateDeferredTextEvening/Weekend
Computer
UI?
Guyren G [email protected]