Comments on: How right/wrong are my futures matrices? http://strange.corante.com/2009/06/05/how-rightwrong-are-my-futures-matrices Picking out patterns in the chaos Tue, 22 May 2012 21:26:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: FutureGov » Useful links » links for 2009-06-09 http://strange.corante.com/2009/06/05/how-rightwrong-are-my-futures-matrices#comment-6226 FutureGov » Useful links » links for 2009-06-09 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:00:50 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/06/05/how-rightwrong-are-my-futures-matrices#comment-6226 [...] Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » How right/wrong are my futures matrices? Future of social media? (tags: social media blog future) [...] [...] Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » How right/wrong are my futures matrices? Future of social media? (tags: social media blog future) [...]

]]> By: Suw Charman-Anderson http://strange.corante.com/2009/06/05/how-rightwrong-are-my-futures-matrices#comment-6208 Suw Charman-Anderson Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:09:40 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/06/05/how-rightwrong-are-my-futures-matrices#comment-6208 Thanks for the link, Jonathan - that's unsurprising, but good to see evidence! Thanks for the link, Jonathan - that’s unsurprising, but good to see evidence!

]]> By: Social networking: beyond the silo | Ben Werdmuller http://strange.corante.com/2009/06/05/how-rightwrong-are-my-futures-matrices#comment-6207 Social networking: beyond the silo | Ben Werdmuller Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:02:32 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/06/05/how-rightwrong-are-my-futures-matrices#comment-6207 [...] the future of social networking on the web is hard. However, I believe that as general open social technologies develop and become more commonplace, [...] [...] the future of social networking on the web is hard. However, I believe that as general open social technologies develop and become more commonplace, [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Lister http://strange.corante.com/2009/06/05/how-rightwrong-are-my-futures-matrices#comment-6204 Jonathan Lister Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:04:52 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/06/05/how-rightwrong-are-my-futures-matrices#comment-6204 I am interested in relationships-attention box. It's a fascinating question how the array of social tools we now have change the way we interact with people. Some recent research (covered in the Economist - http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13176775) shows that even though tools like Facebook give us the ability to interact with hundreds and possibly thousands of people, most of us will stick to well established patterns - a light connection to around 150 people and strong connections to a handful. This natural tendency to socialise as if we were still pack animals suggests questions, such as how best to organise yourself if you want to care about maintaining a large network of contacts, or whether massively social applications or devices could be optimized around this tendency. J. I am interested in relationships-attention box. It’s a fascinating question how the array of social tools we now have change the way we interact with people.

Some recent research (covered in the Economist - http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13176775) shows that even though tools like Facebook give us the ability to interact with hundreds and possibly thousands of people, most of us will stick to well established patterns - a light connection to around 150 people and strong connections to a handful.

This natural tendency to socialise as if we were still pack animals suggests questions, such as how best to organise yourself if you want to care about maintaining a large network of contacts, or whether massively social applications or devices could be optimized around this tendency.

J.

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