Comments on: Sayonara Super-Size – It’s Bite-Sized on the Web http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/ Writings and ruminations about emerging technologies, Web 2.0, information architecture and libraries. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:00:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Web mashup http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-376 Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:09:08 +0100 http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-376 Great article. I love mashups! Great article. I love mashups!

]]> by: Mark http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-372 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:41:55 +0100 http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-372 This post was a Ringmaster's (Editor's) Choice for the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mrxvh" rel="nofollow">Carnival of the Infosciences #42</a> This post was a Ringmaster’s (Editor’s) Choice for the Carnival of the Infosciences #42

]]> by: ...the thoughts are broken... http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-371 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:30:38 +0100 http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-371 <strong>Carnival of the Infosciences #42</strong> Photo courtesy of ishrona under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license. A couple of submissions from last week got inadvertently overlooked due to various imps in the system so, in the spirits of fun, inclusiveness, and goodwill, here they are: Kim L... Carnival of the Infosciences #42

Photo courtesy of ishrona under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license. A couple of submissions from last week got inadvertently overlooked due to various imps in the system so, in the spirits of fun, inclusiveness, and goodwill, here they are: Kim L…

]]> by: Wanderings... http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-368 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:55:58 +0100 http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-368 <strong>Best of the Best - Web 2.0 &amp; Information Literacy Articles</strong> &nbsp; This is where I file the very best articles that I find on the web about new technologies and... Best of the Best - Web 2.0 & Information Literacy Articles

 
This is where I file the very best articles that I find on the web about new technologies and…

]]> by: Firefox http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-366 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:09:53 +0100 http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-366 <strong>Bite-Sized Web</strong> New ways of organizing user-created content from services such as Writely.... Bite-Sized Web

New ways of organizing user-created content from services such as Writely….

]]> by: Ellyssa http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-365 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:02:47 +0100 http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-365 Thanks Greg, I agree that users won't want to spend a lot of time filtering microcontent. It is my belief, and we are seeing this already, that applications will evolve to the point where filtering and selection is very easy, or done entirely for the user. Most of the examples of microcontent that I've come across and have listed in the article require little or no effort on the part of the user who in many cases doesn't have to interact with the microcontent at all, and is simply delivered it. Focused microcontent delivered by major media sites doesn't require users to organize content, portals provide user-friendly tools to organize customized content, all the work for the widgets are done by the application development teams and don't involve users. Personal content networks are likely to be reserved for power users for now, but they will also develop simpler tools for the mainstream user. As for matching good content with interested audiences, this is already happening -such as on major media sites and your own Findory.com ;) Thanks Greg, I agree that users won’t want to spend a lot of time filtering microcontent. It is my belief, and we are seeing this already, that applications will evolve to the point where filtering and selection is very easy, or done entirely for the user.

Most of the examples of microcontent that I’ve come across and have listed in the article require little or no effort on the part of the user who in many cases doesn’t have to interact with the microcontent at all, and is simply delivered it. Focused microcontent delivered by major media sites doesn’t require users to organize content, portals provide user-friendly tools to organize customized content, all the work for the widgets are done by the application development teams and don’t involve users. Personal content networks are likely to be reserved for power users for now, but they will also develop simpler tools for the mainstream user.

As for matching good content with interested audiences, this is already happening -such as on major media sites and your own Findory.com ;)

]]> by: Greg Linden http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-364 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:26:17 +0100 http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/06/13/p22/#comment-364 Nice post, Ellyssa. I think you are right that the future of content is to be split into bite-sized chunks and filtered, reorganized, and remixed for individual consumption. But I think you are wrong that most people will want to spend a lot of time doing this filtering, reorganizing, and remixing. Earlier adopters may not mind the work and hassle organizing and manipulating all this data, but most people just want to read interesting stuff. The goal has to be to match good content with interested audiences without requiring any work from people. Nice post, Ellyssa.

I think you are right that the future of content is to be split into bite-sized chunks and filtered, reorganized, and remixed for individual consumption.

But I think you are wrong that most people will want to spend a lot of time doing this filtering, reorganizing, and remixing. Earlier adopters may not mind the work and hassle organizing and manipulating all this data, but most people just want to read interesting stuff.

The goal has to be to match good content with interested audiences without requiring any work from people.

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