http://justseventhings.com/2008/08/04/the-social-and-information-web-drug/ Exploring why and how we do what we do, and how we can do it better Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://justseventhings.com/2008/08/04/the-social-and-information-web-drug/#comment-124 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:15:58 +0000 http://justseventhings.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-124 Nice article – I have recently thought about some of the same topics as you discuss. Specifically the issue of involvement is interesting: in a near future, when lifestreaming gets increasingly popular, we will be fed with ALOT of information (some interesting, alot not) that we need to filter and perhaps react upon (commenting). I already think that I use quite amount of time online now – social network sites, reading and writing blog posts and so forth. This could make it even more worse (junk input vs. useful input), or more enlightening, depending on your perspective on the matter…

]]> http://justseventhings.com/2008/08/04/the-social-and-information-web-drug/#comment-121 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:27:09 +0000 http://justseventhings.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-121 [...] Where’s the border between privacy and public availability? There are so much information that can be derived from the use of daily web services, that spying, phishing and spiteful Social Engineering is starting to emerge as an even larger threat. Security and control is an issue that needs attention. Another thing that I know could be my own Archilles’ heel is the amount of involvement and time required to maintain a lifestream (and read others!). A decent flow in the stream demands input from the social services. If the lifestreamer isn’t using these services on a daily basis or only uses a few, the idea is easily lost. An interesting discussion about these topics among others can be found at Just Seven Things. [...]

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