Rich presence at FOO Camp
August 27th, 2006
It was great to see such a good turnout at my rich presence session at FOO Camp this morning. There are a few odd bits of documentation on the FOO Camp wiki. The comments from Linda Stone resonated particularly. Stone is known for her concept of continuous partial attention, which she defines as follows:
“To pay continuous partial attention is to pay partial attention — CONTINUOUSLY. It is motivated by a desire to be a LIVE node on the network. Another way of saying this is that we want to connect and be connected. We want to effectively scan for opportunity and optimize for the best opportunities, activities, and contacts, in any given moment. To be busy, to be connected, is to be alive, to be recognized, and to matter.”
Rich presence is definitely about being a ‘live node on the network’. However, as Linda pointed out it also decreases the need to disturb people with blind calls, IMs and emails. That suggests it could help reduce some of the stress associated with continuous partial attention.
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[…] I was honored to be invited to the 2006 Friends Of O’Reilly (aka Foo) Camp on Emerging Technology. It was an amazing experience - difficult enough to describe that I’ll leave it to the more experienced bloggers to do it justice. For a glimpse into the amount of variety during the weekend, check out the flickr foocamp06 photostream. Of course I was into the foo tagcloud, which, I have to admit, puts us in in jaw-droppingly impressive company. What a difference a tag makes… […]
August 31st, 2006 at 11:30 pm
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September 4th, 2006 at 9:29 am
Michael Wagner Says:
“continuous partial attention” is a term that reminds me of the reason Garrison Keillor gave for naming his popular American radio program “A Prairie Home Companion”. He noted that radio is more a companion than a focus of attention. Of course this does not result in being a live node in the network in the case of radio. But perhaps it does grow from the same human need to feel connected and not alone.
Thank you for extending the conversation!
September 5th, 2006 at 2:11 am
Alexey Says:
Thanks, theme very interesting.
September 22nd, 2006 at 10:25 pm