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Read the blog post that this post links to first, as it goes into more depth. I like the idea of the "slow web". That author, Jack Cheng, is exactly right about
by mcmire 14y ago
Read the blog post that this post links to first, as it goes into more depth. I like the idea of the "slow web". That author, Jack Cheng, is exactly right about how we consume services. In this day and age of real-time updates and so forth, we are being pushed around against our will by technology. And at the end of the day, it means nothing. The idea of the slow web, it seems to me, is the idea that we have control -- over when we would like to get notifications, over when we want to respond, take action. We have control, because it's a tool instead of a slot machine. And that's what we should be designing technology to be.
- stcredzero 14y agoOne thing we should ask: Do the people who let themselves be pushed around by data somehow "win" in some way? This would explain why the phenomenon persists even though it has downsides. How would we provide that benefit without the downside?
- slurgfest 14y agoThere are a bunch of things going on here simultaneously and it may help to separate some of them - one is the difference between people being pushed around by realtime, vs. people having aggregators and agents consuming realtime - the human does not need to be glued to the screen to benefit from the feed. But if there is no realtime feed then this is not possible. So if the slow web is about having control, then having access to realtime updates may be important to the slow web... odd as that might sound.
- stcredzero 14y agoCorollary: the future is about sophisticated data tools for individuals.
- nahname 14y agoYou always have control. Some want control of receiving information the moment it happens. It will be these individuals that will drive real time. I view this the same way people view sports. People that watch sports want it real time because everyone discusses it as it happens (or immediately after). If the media you are consuming is important to discussions in approximate real time, then it will be important to receive that media as it happens. This obviously doesn't fit everything, sports is just an example where it does.