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Comment on Siri’s contextual sister, Tempo, blows away Apple’s iPhone calendar by Rob Willey

Rob Willey — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:39:06 +0000

Looks great. Can’t find in the App Store and your link doesn’t work. Please help.

Comment on The Contextual, Sensual CES2013 by Jason Thibeault

Jason Thibeault — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:11:03 +0000

Thanks Robert. Nice summation and solid analysis. Love the interviews (and jealous). A very interesting tangent to this is sensors linking to sensors (spontaneous mesh networks) and what that will mean for sharing data so all sensors in an organic network will be more intelligent…and contextual! Getting ready to write a look at the foundational trends of CES 2013 (one of which is sensors and the interconnected world of things) and will definitely link to this. Thanks again for the insights!

Comment on The contextual and exponential future of Facebook by Chris Charabaruk

Chris Charabaruk — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:04:58 +0000

I have to say, some of this is pretty scary sounding to me. Not because of the privacy implications (although that is important to consider) but rather the implicit filtering of new and different experiences from our lives. A life where everything presented to us is strictly based on our past context drains away the random factors that lead to a fulfilling, interesting life.

I like the idea of having these options available, but it sounds very much like this is geared towards protecting our preferences from the strange and new. I’d rather see augmented reality that adds new experiences to our lives, rather than only presenting ones curated from our pasts.

Comment on The war on noise by Gianfranco Palumbo

Gianfranco Palumbo — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:25:00 +0000

I think one of the biggest problems with Facebook is that when you friend somebody it goes into the generic friends list. Under 60 or it’s fine, over 300 or more that’s impossible to handle and remember who is who.
I only add people that I know personally or have known.
I think there should be something like the contractually bucket game where you put people in buckets or “circles”.
These circles will have pre-determined rules.
For example if I have a work colleague from another city I don’t want to see all their children/pet pictures every time they put a new one.
Thought if their dog/baby is doing something super funny and all their “best” friends are liking it and comment, then it makes perfect sense for FB to show me that.
The idea about Google + is good though because they haven’t found a way to make people actually put other in circles or define who to post without the hassle of clicking the group you want to share something.
Algorithms that will be contextual depending on which device, place and time will matter.
Some things at work should not come up.
I’m not going to post something about golf while i’m at my desk laptop. (usually).
Etc. etc

And yes I agree, manual filters are not the way to go.
Things change to quickly to be able to maintain a manual rule.

Comment on The war on noise by george kyaw naing

george kyaw naing — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:35:00 +0000

tit for tat?

Comment on The war on noise by george kyaw naing

george kyaw naing — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:29:00 +0000

(1) We are great at generating noise.

(2) The coming contextual age with its sensors is also generating noise.
Our defense = filters, relevancy algorithms, and shuting up
Huh, I learn a lot here.