Who wants more browsers on thier hard drive? Not me but my favorites file is so big it takes 10 minutes to find a saved blog, and I can't keep up with my desktop cheatsheet for all my new often visited sites: Enter this new tool for blog agreggation called NewsMonstor (The 90's called and want thier dotcom name back) actaully includes reputation system and trust network and uses the term Whuffie with refrence to Doctorow the terms originator. via >BoingBoing
Here is a good critique on it with comments.
2.20.2003
2.19.2003
Tribute pulled and VC Whuffie
Proof that NASA and International Space Station (ISS) partners need Whuffie.
In related news I have pulled the shuttle tribute, because the music started to drive even me nuts. (Thanks da Silva!) Those who would like can still view it by mousing over the top right hand end of the Whuffie Browser (top of page) and clicking "menu".
Tim Oren's blog has some good thoughts on VC (Venture Capitol not Viet Cong you 60's throwbacks.) and trust syndication if that is your thing. But makes me propose "VC Whuffie" as a catagory. I am so often hit up by VC types who want me to put up my consulting and development skills as capitol and get paid based on the return. Fact is by the time I figure out how legit they are I have already wasted too much of my time. If only I could first "ping" thier VC Whuffie.
In related news I have pulled the shuttle tribute, because the music started to drive even me nuts. (Thanks da Silva!) Those who would like can still view it by mousing over the top right hand end of the Whuffie Browser (top of page) and clicking "menu".
Tim Oren's blog has some good thoughts on VC (Venture Capitol not Viet Cong you 60's throwbacks.) and trust syndication if that is your thing. But makes me propose "VC Whuffie" as a catagory. I am so often hit up by VC types who want me to put up my consulting and development skills as capitol and get paid based on the return. Fact is by the time I figure out how legit they are I have already wasted too much of my time. If only I could first "ping" thier VC Whuffie.
2.18.2003
Where's our rocket packs?
"It's the 80's, where's our rocket packs? It's the 80's, where's our rocket packs?
Go anywhere, we strap them on our backs..." Lyrics from the Vox Humana album by a wicked obscure band called Daniel Amos.
(Rest of the song lyrics here)
Check this futuristic tutorial on "How Personal Jetpacks Will Work".
Also, scope this t-shirt from the threadless.com community.
$@#%@#$% I just wrote a long linked entry and then accidentally clicked on "edit" in my blogger editor which made me lose the whole thing DRATT!. So here is the re-write:
As a follow up to my prior speel on Open Source development check out this very resourcful news about a new way of managing open source projects at InfoAnarchy.org They also get my funny quip award for this statement: "Sadly, 'Whuffie' is a painfully annoying term for anything but cute dogs with lots of hair."
This site has just made #10 on Google using the search term "Whuffie". Google, if you have not heard just aquisitioned "Blogger" the tool used to publish this site.
This long editorial on the history of internet "reputation" is the feature article at Mindjack. Author Nicholas Carroll noted among other things as a information architect opines for "the convergence of opinion" possibly using "bi-directional links" to "lift humanity to a new level of reasoning." I find it interesting that the e-literate are actually asking for the development of Whuffie.
As a follow up to my prior speel on Open Source development check out this very resourcful news about a new way of managing open source projects at InfoAnarchy.org They also get my funny quip award for this statement: "Sadly, 'Whuffie' is a painfully annoying term for anything but cute dogs with lots of hair."
This site has just made #10 on Google using the search term "Whuffie". Google, if you have not heard just aquisitioned "Blogger" the tool used to publish this site.
This long editorial on the history of internet "reputation" is the feature article at Mindjack. Author Nicholas Carroll noted among other things as a information architect opines for "the convergence of opinion" possibly using "bi-directional links" to "lift humanity to a new level of reasoning." I find it interesting that the e-literate are actually asking for the development of Whuffie.
2.17.2003
Just invited those wanting to join the chat on future of rep. economies over at K10K.net using there spiffy user friendly bulletin board. These folks always have interesting artistic and developmental info. That I spend my spare moments mulling over. Thanks you objective creative folk! I love the interactive and open environment they have. A true "open source" feel.
Speaking of I have been meditating on the source of "open source", and it occurred to me that early examples are when Martin Luther suggested the Bible was for the masses, suddenly the priests and scholars were faced with new and inventive applications to everyday living. Music notation also facilitated others learning and embellishing. This is the very heart of new media and new business models. Even American government has it roots in the same principle. I propose the postulate that Whuffie readers should be open source. Maybe that is a given but I intend on creating a list of postulates to aid in this socialware concept.
2.13.2003
Just added smartmobs.com site dedicated to a book by... Howard Rheingold, (took me awhile to figure out who the author was.), who the site claims is "one of the world's foremost authorities on the social implications of technology" ($18.00 at Amazon) He used to edit The Whole Earth catalog and lives in Mill Valley, CA if that tells you anything. (Me and my hippie mummie used to subscrbe to the catalog and also used to live in Mill Valley if that tells you anyhting more!)
This long article on social capital from Jenny Bristow at Spiked a britshish zine by way of theisociety.net who pinged my server with this thread. Thanks for visiting.
Man with serious Whuffie: Isaac Asimov. I had read several of his books and new that he was a legit scientist and theorist who was a well accomplished literary giant but read this list of his books. It's friggen' uge. It has it's own moon orbiting it!
Man with serious Whuffie: Isaac Asimov. I had read several of his books and new that he was a legit scientist and theorist who was a well accomplished literary giant but read this list of his books. It's friggen' uge. It has it's own moon orbiting it!
Check this link for the latest up and coming netspeak. Jargon Scout did not have Whuffie posted on the site yet, but there were a few that were funny: like "schleptop" reffering to that laptop you schlep around with you, "Barney relationship" as in "we have no contact whatsoever but I love you and you love me.", "fasgrolia" defined as "the fast-growing language of initialisms and acronyms" which has made reading InfoWorld nearly impossible. I also enjoyed the debate about calling a sent URL "hURL" "Furl" or Emurl".
I support the idea of this site although terms like "blog","vortal" and "clicks and morter " are not exactly up and coming in my book. The search did not work, and it was not so clear if and where contributions could be added. (Although I sent Whuffie on in.) I find terminology relevant as the Orwellian concept of doublespeak has come to fruition in todays social circles and netspeak both empowers the users and punishes the ignorant. Keith diserves Whuffie for a great idea and decent execution. via netspeak site webopedia.com
I support the idea of this site although terms like "blog","vortal" and "clicks and morter " are not exactly up and coming in my book. The search did not work, and it was not so clear if and where contributions could be added. (Although I sent Whuffie on in.) I find terminology relevant as the Orwellian concept of doublespeak has come to fruition in todays social circles and netspeak both empowers the users and punishes the ignorant. Keith diserves Whuffie for a great idea and decent execution. via netspeak site webopedia.com
2.07.2003
"..hardware and software systems needed to clear the way for wireless networks made up of thousands or even millions of sensors. These networks will observe just about everything, including traffic, weather, seismic activity, the movements of troops on battlefields, and the stresses on buildings and bridges—all on a far finer scale than has been possible before." Taken from The Top 10 Emerging Technologies on MIT's technology review. Cool term award: German word : "gründlich” means "you do it really right.” Also don't miss the article on Science Fiction and Smart Mobs which mentions japan's "thumb tribes", Warren Ellis' book "Global Frequency", and Howard Rhinegold's book "Smart Mobs".
Bloggers and code monkeys check out: Amy's wonderPortal .05 Beta at her site Domesticat.net that uses PHP script to help folks running multiple global contributors to log posts in real time. She gets my "development of useful software" Whuffie of the day. (I don't have a need for the script nor do I know if it works- I just like people who make the internet easier to use.)
Bloggers and code monkeys check out: Amy's wonderPortal .05 Beta at her site Domesticat.net that uses PHP script to help folks running multiple global contributors to log posts in real time. She gets my "development of useful software" Whuffie of the day. (I don't have a need for the script nor do I know if it works- I just like people who make the internet easier to use.)
2.04.2003
I created a little Flash tribute to the crew of the STS 107 who completed thier final mission the other day. The track is from a member of the The Hooters Eric Bazilian. Normal Whuffie talk will resume soon. Until then maybe we can dare to reach beyond our grasp.
2.02.2003
The same vibe I received as a child from The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury 1950); futuristic horror combined with social drama, is what I felt when I saw the shattered helmet that lay in a farmers field. Another nudge from reality reminding me that we are living in the future. The shakey video footage of carnage was strangly reminiscent of 911. I can only imagine the horror of families waiting to see thier children or brothers, or sisters arrival from an ellite 16 day adventure into a world unknown to most but made familiar by the work and lives of those who dare to explore. No shuttle, in it's triumph of technology, just pieces, streaking silently through the sky. I saw a comment from a farmer on the local news "We lost one going up," he said "and now one coming down. But we won't quit." Those farmers have wisdom, not about html, and gadgets, but from years fo observation and from the time that comes from a simple life. His words were not at all poetic, or filled wiht eulogy, yet they were the most profound heard yet. A prayer for the familes and thier loss, and a sulute to the crew of STS 107 William McCool, Rick Husband, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon. Thanks for a job well done.
1.30.2003
1.29.2003
You will note that I added GeoURL link (green button bottom right). Although a little time consuming to set up, and the UI is a little klunky, the concept is great. Allows one to "see" blogs within a 500 mile radius of ones own blog. I think this should also be part of the social software development. Local Whuffie as compared to state, provincial, regional, national, and international Whuffie. Because a person's identity is often so relevant to their location. If you were in France your lo-bandwidth radio signal emitting from your cell phone Whuffie would auto-ping and aggregate Whuffie IDs from those you interacted with throughout the day based on your settings it could sound off according to settings sensing an individuals home, relationship to your interests, and professional credentials. Your cell phone emits a small blip, you ask your waitress where she is from in French, and she replies in English from Idaho! At the end of the day you review your Whuffie log and see that your cab driver is also from Idaho. Those who wish to be anonomous turn off their responders. (Of course does that imply that you have something to hide?) See a WiFi/IM version of this at Trepia.
Thinking about this today at lunch began to hurt my head. The implications of instant social networking in virtual communities with instant reputation monitors was a little dizzying.
Thinking about this today at lunch began to hurt my head. The implications of instant social networking in virtual communities with instant reputation monitors was a little dizzying.
"This semantically rich information could be crawled, parsed, and mapped to reveal beautiful and useful patterns about the relationships between people and ideas."
Quote from an archived entry at BookBlog by Adina Levin. The concept of social software relative to identity ware is obviously big talk amongst developers and of intrest to the e-literate. (I think I just coined a term?)
"Each time you look at someone across a conference table or a crowded room, information about who they are and what their background is could appear before your eyes." follow the links to read more of her comments refrenced from a Popular Science article on "AR" or augmented reality.. (Culled from new found Internet Topic Exchange)
Quote from an archived entry at BookBlog by Adina Levin. The concept of social software relative to identity ware is obviously big talk amongst developers and of intrest to the e-literate. (I think I just coined a term?)
"Each time you look at someone across a conference table or a crowded room, information about who they are and what their background is could appear before your eyes." follow the links to read more of her comments refrenced from a Popular Science article on "AR" or augmented reality.. (Culled from new found Internet Topic Exchange)
1.28.2003
While I hate it when blogs just rip news from other blogs, this is somewhat relevant:
Some "Hive" action (culled from BoingBoing) that uses peer technology to speedup downloads. From OpenCola developer Justin Chapaweske, described as "a 'swarming' parallel download tech" (go ahead call me a buffoon for not decoding that netspeak), it appears that it is software that speeds up downloads based on popularity. The problem I have with all those file sharing thingamajigs is I just see SECURITY HOLE staring me in the face, but I like the HiveThink idea of millions of computers sharing resources to make things work better. Visit the OCN. (NOOOO not another dot-acronym!)
Some "Hive" action (culled from BoingBoing) that uses peer technology to speedup downloads. From OpenCola developer Justin Chapaweske, described as "a 'swarming' parallel download tech" (go ahead call me a buffoon for not decoding that netspeak), it appears that it is software that speeds up downloads based on popularity. The problem I have with all those file sharing thingamajigs is I just see SECURITY HOLE staring me in the face, but I like the HiveThink idea of millions of computers sharing resources to make things work better. Visit the OCN. (NOOOO not another dot-acronym!)
1.25.2003
I do love the idea of stock exchange Whuffie. There are some authentication issues with Netmood, but there are with all counters. So I give it my endorsement. Put the code in your Blog, and load the .swf on your server- build your stock. Notice D351gn.com has remained at around 70 points on the rise. (Better then the stock I own in a bankrupt Canadian company. Who keeps sending me quarterly reports...uh.. save the money you spend on those memos of failures please. I know it's the law, couldn't they just email?)
The question I have is, would Whuffie be a commercial endeavor or does that go against the no currency angle Doctorow presents. Or would it be an open source type project? Or maybe a charitable angle? "Heartstrings is pursestrings" I always say. mmmm...you pay one of the "many" companies for your Whuffie reader, to cover their bandwidth costs, but as a non-profit all additional monies go to the poor, the more you pay for your Whuffie Reader, the more Whuffie you get. Of course that would be "Charity Whuffie". It would all tabulate into one score but a good reader would break down the various areas. There could be professional Whuffie. Like you ping your new designer's Whuffie and see that she has amassed major WUPM (Whuffie Units Per Million) for Graphic Design, you now have a new level of respect for her abilities. Your you stop by a science Blog and the reader tells you that this guy has •PHD Whuffie and •NASA Whuffie, so now his Blog is legit. After awhile there would be specialists who could read Whuffie and explain what it was saying. Even traders who would be experts at Whuffie trends. There could be a color signal that tabulates the average global Whuffie level and rates normal at green, above average at gold, and below average at red. That way you could quickly tell at a glance if someone's Whuffie was hurting. Sure there would always be fakers, and people who create bogus Whuffie, but that is how credit reports are, or credentials. It is just an indicator. I think websites and blogs are the first to adopt WSORC (Whuffie System of Reputation Currency) next it would be simple to "ping" those blogs from WAP enabled cell phones and handhelds. The question is how would you get organizations involved?
The question I have is, would Whuffie be a commercial endeavor or does that go against the no currency angle Doctorow presents. Or would it be an open source type project? Or maybe a charitable angle? "Heartstrings is pursestrings" I always say. mmmm...you pay one of the "many" companies for your Whuffie reader, to cover their bandwidth costs, but as a non-profit all additional monies go to the poor, the more you pay for your Whuffie Reader, the more Whuffie you get. Of course that would be "Charity Whuffie". It would all tabulate into one score but a good reader would break down the various areas. There could be professional Whuffie. Like you ping your new designer's Whuffie and see that she has amassed major WUPM (Whuffie Units Per Million) for Graphic Design, you now have a new level of respect for her abilities. Your you stop by a science Blog and the reader tells you that this guy has •PHD Whuffie and •NASA Whuffie, so now his Blog is legit. After awhile there would be specialists who could read Whuffie and explain what it was saying. Even traders who would be experts at Whuffie trends. There could be a color signal that tabulates the average global Whuffie level and rates normal at green, above average at gold, and below average at red. That way you could quickly tell at a glance if someone's Whuffie was hurting. Sure there would always be fakers, and people who create bogus Whuffie, but that is how credit reports are, or credentials. It is just an indicator. I think websites and blogs are the first to adopt WSORC (Whuffie System of Reputation Currency) next it would be simple to "ping" those blogs from WAP enabled cell phones and handhelds. The question is how would you get organizations involved?
1.23.2003
More on "NetMood"-
Although the website is not too indepth or explanatory, It is pretty easy to install netmoods. (Althugh there was something jiggy with the code provided) I am not nuts about the size or the graphics, but once I saw the stock ticker actaully included my domain with a fluctuating tabulation I was tickeled by this free product. In the immediate I wish they would allow you to download the source .fla code so I could customize the look to my page, I also wish it was smaller.
The ticker made me think: with reputation economics one could actaully "invest" in stocks. Meaning you could invest portions of you own Whuffie on someone else, and as their Whuffie rose so would your "profits". Oooh, that's cool. (note I added the ticker to the right) Keep boostin' my Whuffie baby.
Although the website is not too indepth or explanatory, It is pretty easy to install netmoods. (Althugh there was something jiggy with the code provided) I am not nuts about the size or the graphics, but once I saw the stock ticker actaully included my domain with a fluctuating tabulation I was tickeled by this free product. In the immediate I wish they would allow you to download the source .fla code so I could customize the look to my page, I also wish it was smaller.
The ticker made me think: with reputation economics one could actaully "invest" in stocks. Meaning you could invest portions of you own Whuffie on someone else, and as their Whuffie rose so would your "profits". Oooh, that's cool. (note I added the ticker to the right) Keep boostin' my Whuffie baby.
"If at some point in the future we're able to upload our memories onto a chip, and they say that that will be possible in about 30 years," McGee says, "then if that chip were implanted in my clone, I could achieve a kind of immortality."
I watched Vanilla Sky the other night, which to my surprise was better than anticipated. (I actually had avoided seeing it since that Cameron Diaz gal has always freaked me out with her "Joker" like mouth.) Towards the end you realize that what the lead character interprets as a dream is really death with a artificial reality superimposed in his memory. Then I read this article about brain to computer interfacing today. It reminded me of a friend (who looked just like Jim Carey), a young guy in his 20's, whose nervous twitch developed in to total paralysis or as the article coined "Locked-in syndrome". In his case the disease rapidly accelerated and he was gone very quickly, however, before he left, he amazed his doctors, friends, and family with an incredible desire to live. He had asked to apply for a grant for retinal controlled computer, from Bill Gates. His goal was to write a book about his experience. And he wanted to live. No compliant over his "quality of living" or lack there of. He never received the grant but it changed my views. You have to read this article. It is long, but fruitfull.
I watched Vanilla Sky the other night, which to my surprise was better than anticipated. (I actually had avoided seeing it since that Cameron Diaz gal has always freaked me out with her "Joker" like mouth.) Towards the end you realize that what the lead character interprets as a dream is really death with a artificial reality superimposed in his memory. Then I read this article about brain to computer interfacing today. It reminded me of a friend (who looked just like Jim Carey), a young guy in his 20's, whose nervous twitch developed in to total paralysis or as the article coined "Locked-in syndrome". In his case the disease rapidly accelerated and he was gone very quickly, however, before he left, he amazed his doctors, friends, and family with an incredible desire to live. He had asked to apply for a grant for retinal controlled computer, from Bill Gates. His goal was to write a book about his experience. And he wanted to live. No compliant over his "quality of living" or lack there of. He never received the grant but it changed my views. You have to read this article. It is long, but fruitfull.
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