ambient intimacyleisa reichelt

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Ambient IntimacyLeisa Reichelt | Disambiguity.com

Future of Web Apps |October 2007

twitter, flickr, facebook, myspace, lastFM, dopplr,

upcoming, skype status, IM presence, RSS readers, blog posts, comments...

phatic expressiveness for virtual spaces

‘in linguistics, a phatic expression is one

whose only function is to perform a social task’

‘continual partial friendship’david weinberger, joho the blog

‘it’s not about being poked and prodded, it’s about exposing more

surface area for others to connect with’

Johnnie Moore

it’s a love/hate thing

1. anticipated reciprocity2. reputation

3. sense of efficacy4. identification with a group.

Peter Kollack ‘The Economies of Online Participation’ via Tom Coates

non-zero sum games increase the rewards for all

those who commit to participate in the exchange

over a long periodRobert Wright: Non-Zero

design to support ambient intimacy

1. keep it light weight2. stay out of the way

3. open your API4. portable social networks

5. use the periphery6. allow for time-shifting

1. keep it light weight2. stay out of the way

3. open your API4. portable social networks

5. use the periphery6. allow for time-shifting

thank you :)leisa reicheltleisa.reichelt@gmail.comdisambiguity.comtwitter: /leisa

Image Credits• graphpaper.com/2007/03-15_sxsw-2007-twitter-social-cyborgs

• flickr.com/photos/andybudd/364745733

• flickr.com/photos/mo/22337757

• flickr.com/photos/carradine65/90084642

• flickr.com/photos/81887528@N00520045137

• flickr.com/photos/88433615@N00/346832371

• flickr.com/photos/nialkennedy/407135104

• flickr.com/photos/62361777@N00/475349203

• marcellomedia.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/hunde.jpg

• headrush.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/twittercurve.jpg

• flickr.com/photos/brandnewbrain/122276304

• and the rest are mine