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Pretty funny how the ones that didn't hit big are the ones that are still hard to explain in 10 seconds. Attention economy and semantic web.
by ethank 15y ago
Pretty funny how the ones that didn't hit big are the ones that are still hard to explain in 10 seconds. Attention economy and semantic web.
- knowtheory 15y agoI agree regarding the semantic web, but i have three things to say regarding the "attention economy". 1) The attentional economy is more an observation about the state of the world than a "thing". 2) You can get free access to wifi at Boston's Logan airport in exchange for watching an ad (in fact i did just a couple of days ago) 3) Content creators are aware now more than ever that they're not competing solely with other people in their industries for attention. To that extent there is an effort to reach viewers/consumers/users on the users terms. In short, i think it was incorrect to formulate the attentional economy as an actual thing with literal market places. The observations that've come out of it are still relevant and useful.
- thechut 15y agoWith regards to the semantic web, this was mentioned on hn a few days ago: http://mqtt.org/ http://mqtt.org/ It's pretty neat, and will allow all sorts of machines and devices to be connected to the web. It certainly seems possible that in a few years Berners-Lee's vision could become a reality.
- fanboy123 15y agoMaybe its still hard to explain exactly because they never hit it big. I think going back in time and explaining social networking to an audience would be tougher than it sounds.