Comments on: The livable web manifesto. http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/ if you're bored, you're not paying attention Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: the tweney review » Blog Archive » Boxxet fan sites.http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-2935 the tweney review » Blog Archive » Boxxet fan sites. Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:32:42 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/#comment-2935 [...] « The livable web manifesto. [...] [...] « The livable web manifesto. [...]

]]> By: David Jensenhttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-2933 David Jensen Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:56:02 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/#comment-2933 You write that we need less information not more, which is a bit of an oversimplification. What people and business crave -- mostly silently -- is information that is relevant to their needs, both spoken and unspoken. That could mean more genuinely useful information (which can be entertainment) that filters into them from the Internet. You are exactly on target on the limitations of the existing search engines and their data smog. But how do you build a mechanism that can deliver the product you envision? You write that we need less information not more, which is a bit of an oversimplification. What people and business crave — mostly silently — is information that is relevant to their needs, both spoken and unspoken. That could mean more genuinely useful information (which can be entertainment) that filters into them from the Internet. You are exactly on target on the limitations of the existing search engines and their data smog. But how do you build a mechanism that can deliver the product you envision?

]]> By: Dylanhttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-2932 Dylan Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:59:52 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/#comment-2932 Whoopee, if the web were nothing more than a vehicle for entertainment and occasionally useful information (as TV has become), I'd say your approach is just the right one. However, I think there's an untapped potential that is going unfulfilled because it is (or can be) too hard to assemble and manage useful information. Suppose, for example, you needed to manage a hurricane relief effort -- would you use the web? Or in a less inflammatory way: Suppose you were a reporter or blogger tracking corporate accounting fraud. Are the web's existing tools sufficient to keep you on top of this topic? Whoopee, if the web were nothing more than a vehicle for entertainment and occasionally useful information (as TV has become), I’d say your approach is just the right one. However, I think there’s an untapped potential that is going unfulfilled because it is (or can be) too hard to assemble and manage useful information. Suppose, for example, you needed to manage a hurricane relief effort — would you use the web? Or in a less inflammatory way: Suppose you were a reporter or blogger tracking corporate accounting fraud. Are the web’s existing tools sufficient to keep you on top of this topic?

]]> By: whoopeehttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-2931 whoopee Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:53:04 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/#comment-2931 there is a "livable web", its your ability to get up and walk away. millions and millions of people treat the web as a utility with no problems because they either have other things to do or they do not expect media technology to fulfill them. its the dataholics who complain of datasmog. really, what is it you are expecting from the web? don't you realize that all the chatter about social computing is just hot air? there is a “livable web”, its your ability to get up and walk away. millions and millions of people treat the web as a utility with no problems because they either have other things to do or they do not expect media technology to fulfill them. its the dataholics who complain of datasmog. really, what is it you are expecting from the web? don’t you realize that all the chatter about social computing is just hot air?

]]> By: You Mon Tsanghttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 You Mon Tsang Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:57:02 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/01/11/the-livable-web-manifesto/#comment-2930 This is an important goal for technologists.Growing up, I had the local papers, broadcast TV and the magazines at the newspaper stand. The world was small.When the world is exploded into so many little pieces, there has be to a way to put them back into comfortable and comforting "webs." I believe people crave small-scale interactions and human-scale bundles.Dylan, you dropped this thought on me a few weeks ago and it's be very distracting. I will be thinking about this one more in the coming weeks. This is an important goal for technologists.

Growing up, I had the local papers, broadcast TV and the magazines at the newspaper stand. The world was small.

When the world is exploded into so many little pieces, there has be to a way to put them back into comfortable and comforting “webs.” I believe people crave small-scale interactions and human-scale bundles.

Dylan, you dropped this thought on me a few weeks ago and it’s be very distracting. I will be thinking about this one more in the coming weeks.

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