Category: Community

Exposing the Local InfoCloud

May 27, 2006

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Applications, Community, Connectivity, Local InfoCloud, Model of Attraction, Personal InfoCloud, Technology

I have spent a lot of time and effort focussing on the Personal InfoCloud, but the past year or two I have been seeing that the interaction between the person and their information resources that are closest to them (the Local InfoCloud) is extremely important. I have gone around the Local InfoCloud looking at ways…
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…
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…
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.…
Two Sides of the Local InfoCloud

Jun 23, 2004

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Community, Connectivity, Information Creation, Location, Mobile, Ubiquitous Computing

The Local InfoCloud (one of four clouds, Personal, Local, Global, and External) focusses on access to information that is based on location, as well as membership. These two elements are related, but also can stand on their own. The Local InfoCloud often uses the Local Area Network (LAN) as an example of its properties. The…
Stitching our Lives Together

Apr 11, 2004

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Community, Information Creation, Mobile, Personal Info, Portability, Social Software, Standards, Syndication, User Experience

Not long ago Jeffrey Veen posted about Will you be my friend, which brought up some needs to better stitch together our own disperse information. An excellent example is: For example, when I plan a trip, I try to find out who else will be around so I have people to hang out with. So…

Category: Community

Exposing the Local InfoCloud

Location? Location? Where am I?

Mash-ups and the Model of Attraction

Social Machines

Local InfoCloud and Community

Two Sides of the Local InfoCloud

Stitching our Lives Together