tag:,2008:/1/tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4752- 2008-09-24T12:26:01Z Comments for Fragmenting Attention Movable Type 4.1 tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4752 2006-02-17T01:55:14Z 2007-12-16T23:15:59Z Fragmenting Attention Excellent quote from Joshua Schachter of del.icio.us: "Aggregation is often a focus of attention (latest, most active, etc.) As the population gets larger, the bias drifts; del.icio.us/popular becomes less interesting to the original community members. Work out ways to let the system fragment in to different areas of attention." This sums up why 2006 is... Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com FFExcellent quote from Joshua Schachter of del.icio.us:

"Aggregation is often a focus of attention (latest, most active, etc.)

As the population gets larger, the bias drifts; del.icio.us/popular becomes less interesting to the original community members. Work out ways to let the system fragment in to different areas of attention."

This sums up why 2006 is for me The Year of the Filter, building on 2005's The Year of the Aggregator. Note that Joshua's wise words apply also to blogging in general, as well as to news tracking and those things currently being lumped under the moniker of Attention.

Fragment, Filter - two 'F' words to remember ;-)

NB: Flickr pic is by stripedmelon and is from a Foo Fighters concert last year, in my home town of Wellington New Zealand.

]]> tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4752-comment:36988 Comment from Alex Barnett on 2006-02-16 Alex Barnett http://blogs.msdn.com/alexbarn And guess what. This aticle was on the front page personal filter view / attention lense on Megite: http://www.megite.com/index.php?section=alexbarnett

:-) ...it's working...

]]> 2006-02-17T05:16:07Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4752-comment:36989 Comment from Srinivasan on 2006-02-18 Srinivasan http://www.web20milliondollarhomepage.com "Work out ways to let the system fragment in to different areas of attention." - This is interesting.

1. Will there soon be a Doctors' Internet, Accountant's Internet, Ruby Internet etc... Squidoo calls this lenses? Jetpack was it - the other firm that promised this ?

2. What about focussed curiosity advertising? Remember, 1 + 1 = 10 only if the base is "2"

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