Category: Access to Info

The Future is Now for Information Access

May 23, 2006

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Attraction, Coding, Content Mangement, Devices, Information Creation, Local InfoCloud, Marketplace, Mobile, Personal InfoCloud, PKM, Portability, Standards, Syndication, Ubiquitous Computing, User Experience

An interview with Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer in the in the San Francisco Chronicle regarding Steve’s thoughts about the future of technology, information, and Microsoft (including their competition) sparked a few things regarding the Personal InfoCloud and Local InfoCloud. It could be the people I hang out with and the stay-at-home parents I run across during…
The Come To Me Web

Jan 19, 2006

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Attraction, Calendar, Devices, Model of Attraction, Personal Info, Personal InfoCloud, PKM, Portability, Social Lenses, Ubiquitous Computing, User Experience

Until May of 2005 I had trouble with one element in my work around the Model of Attraction and Personal InfoCloud (including the Local and Global InfoClouds as well) to build a framework for cross-platform design and development of information and media systems and services. This problem was lack of an easy of explaination of…
Location? Location? Where am I?

Oct 26, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Community, Identity, Local InfoCloud, Location, Mobile, Personal InfoCloud, PKM, Social Software, Travel, Ubiquitous Computing, User Experience

I have been traveling more than usual this year to places in the United States and Europe. Some I have been to before and others I have not. Many of the trips are to places for only a few days and are set around meetings, conferences, or speaking engagements. I am often making plans at…
Europe Presentations from October

Oct 25, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Attraction, Devices, Local InfoCloud, Model of Attraction, Personal InfoCloud, PKM, Portability, Ubiquitous Computing

I am late in posting the links to my two presentations given in Europe. I presented the Personal Digital Convergence as the opening keynote to the SIGCHI.NL – HCI Close to You conference. I have also posted the final presentation, IA for the Personal InfoCloud, at the Euro IA Summit 2005.
Interview on Digital Identity and the Personal InfoCloud

Oct 21, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info

Today Thomas Vander Wal appears in Under the Radar: That cloud kinda looks like you! in an interview with Scott Hirsch who is a partner at MIG5. The interview focusses on digital identity, which is integral to the Personal InfoCloud and interacting with other people and services in the digital world. Increasingly it seems digital…
Mash-ups and the Model of Attraction

Sep 25, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Attraction, Attraction Receptor, Community, Interface, Local InfoCloud, Model of Attraction, Personal InfoCloud, Standards, Technology

I have been thinking a lot about web2.0 mash-ups like Housing Maps since I was on a panel with Paul Rademacher. Particularly I have been trying to make sense of mash-ups in the context of the Model of Attraction. It was not difficult to use these models as a lens to better understand what is…
WebVisions Designing for the Personal InfoCloud Presentation

Jul 16, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Conferences, Mobile, Personal Info, Portability, Standards, Syndication, Ubiquitous Computing, Web

The presentation at
Social Machines

Jul 5, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Community, Devices, Mobile, Portability, Social Software, Ubiquitous Computing, Web

Those of you that follow this site will also likely enjoy Wade Roush’s continuousblog. Wade is the West Coast editor for the MIT Technology Review magazine. He has the August cover story in the TechReview titled, “Social Machines” and has posted Social Machines on his site as of today. Please be sure to pick up…
Local InfoCloud and Community

Jun 28, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Community, Location

I have been thinking about the Local InfoCloud and its role lately. Viewing the world through the InfoCloud lenses has found some rough edges around the Local InfoCloud, initially defined by information accessible because of location or membership to a closed group. The location component makes sense, but it really also needs to include community.…
Who Are You

Jun 12, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Identity, Personal Info, Social Software

The person is the center of focus in the Personal InfoCloud, but each person has to interact with others and others’ information. It is at this point of interaction where identity becomes important. We use many services around the web. From Epinions to LinkedIn to our personal blogs and beyond we all have many identities…