Category: Technology

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…
Focus of Startups

Apr 14, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Information Architecture, Personal Info, Social Software, Technology, User Experience

David Weingberger discusses Meet-up new charge to use plan and wonders about free competition. David, and those commenting on the posting, offer alternatives to Meetup. I am not so concerned with Meetup charging money as I am the changes that have come to Meetup in the past year, some have been very good. I have…
A Look at iPIM and Chandler

Nov 1, 2003

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Connectivity, Content Mangement, Information Creation, Mobile, Portability, Technology, User Experience

There are two articles that are direct hits on managing information for the individual and allowing the individual to use the information when they needed it and share it as needed. Yes, this is in line with the Personal Information Cloud. The first article, The inter-personal information manager (iPim) by Mark Sigal about the problem…
Information Structure for Information Reuse

Oct 25, 2003

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Accessibility, Coding, Devices, Information Architecture, Information Creation, Portability, Research, Standards, Technology, User Experience

John Udell’s discussion of Apple’s Knowledge Navigator is a wonderful overview of a Personal Information Cloud. If the tools was more mobile or was shown synching with a similar mobile device to have the “knowledge” with the user at all time it is would be a perfect representation. Information in a Personal Information Cloud is…
RSS on PDAs and Information Reuse

Oct 19, 2003

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Content Mangement, Information Architecture, Information Creation, Mobile, Portability, Standards, Syndication, Technology, Web

Three times the past week I have run across folks mentioning Hand/RSS for Palm. This seems to fill the hole that AvantGo does not completely fill. Many of the information resources I find to be helpful/insightful have RSS feeds, but do not have a “mobile” version (more importantly the content is not made with standard…

Category: Technology

Mash-ups and the Model of Attraction

Focus of Startups

A Look at iPIM and Chandler

Information Structure for Information Reuse

RSS on PDAs and Information Reuse