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The latest incarnation of the Ambient Intimacy presentation, presented at The Future of Web Apps in London Oct 07
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ambient intimacyleisa reichelt
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Ambient IntimacyLeisa Reichelt | Disambiguity.com
Future of Web Apps |October 2007
twitter, flickr, facebook, myspace, lastFM, dopplr,
upcoming, skype status, IM presence, RSS readers, blog posts, comments...
phatic expressiveness for virtual spaces
‘in linguistics, a phatic expression is one
whose only function is to perform a social task’
‘continual partial friendship’david weinberger, joho the blog
‘it’s not about being poked and prodded, it’s about exposing more
surface area for others to connect with’
Johnnie Moore
it’s a love/hate thing
1. anticipated reciprocity2. reputation
3. sense of efficacy4. identification with a group.
Peter Kollack ‘The Economies of Online Participation’ via Tom Coates
non-zero sum games increase the rewards for all
those who commit to participate in the exchange
over a long periodRobert Wright: Non-Zero
design to support ambient intimacy
1. keep it light weight2. stay out of the way
3. open your API4. portable social networks
5. use the periphery6. allow for time-shifting
1. keep it light weight2. stay out of the way
3. open your API4. portable social networks
5. use the periphery6. allow for time-shifting
Image Credits• graphpaper.com/2007/03-15_sxsw-2007-twitter-social-cyborgs
• flickr.com/photos/andybudd/364745733
• flickr.com/photos/mo/22337757
• flickr.com/photos/carradine65/90084642
• flickr.com/photos/81887528@N00520045137
• flickr.com/photos/88433615@N00/346832371
• flickr.com/photos/nialkennedy/407135104
• flickr.com/photos/62361777@N00/475349203
• marcellomedia.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/hunde.jpg
• headrush.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/twittercurve.jpg
• flickr.com/photos/brandnewbrain/122276304
• and the rest are mine