class
ebay verus stup sale of comics...
the pita fact effect desire
transaction cost
buyer's view
seller's view
going to the movie:
where
when
which
transaction cost
im has to be on line
email time to see the mail
im interupts
email redirects
registartion... nope! transaction costs
cost to keep the system running:
coordination costs
larger the group longer to deside
figure out these costs in the project!
class
ebay verus stup sale of comics...
the pita fact effect desire
transaction cost
buyer's view
seller's view
going to the movie:
where
when
which
transaction cost
im has to be on line
email time to see the mail
im interupts
email redirects
registartion... nope! transaction costs
cost to keep the system running:
coordination costs
larger the group longer to deside
figure out these costs in the project!
one liner
Project is creating a system to augment the classroom learning experience though a shared workspace.
class white board
#no force
#choose both
#groupness
#workness
class
mimi ito sociology at usc
ideas
idea 1
SWIFE: Sharing Web Information For Education
* a teacher / student application for in class guidance
* follow along the teachers' web pages via wifi
* ask questions in a FAQ format
teacher will have lead. students webpage will auto-sync to teacher's. students can ask questions anonymously or not. Or maybe just a simple hand raise sign with student's name next to it.
evertything will be archived - sites visited and postings.
will be useful over the ITP environment and in large 200+ lecture halls where the professor cannot be stopped for questions during big lectures... at this time, the TA could monitor the question feed and send up the big questions onto the professor screen
How do we deal with files that are specific to applications (fla, java, etc.)?
- built in file transfer tool
- most files that are opened by students or teachers are online anyway.
idea 2
SPOP: Sharing Pictures Over Peers
* simple to use peer-to-peer program
* share and "give" picture files to friends
* thumbnail browsing
* easy upload - (actually no uploading at all!) Simple transfer to local pc or home server.
* random desktop picture mod
* auto-backup. photos are auto transferred to friend. this would backup photos as well as act as a backup server if primary server is offline.
focus would be on transferring photos to friends - not giving them a small image and asking them to buy it like ofoto.
idea 3
VACSON: Video And Chat Syncronization Over Networks
* syncronize video files across many computers
* allow TRL-style chat to be logged on top of the video
* allow playback of chat as captions or readable as a text file
* for use socially and educationally
seven habit of social software
identity
anonymity
pseudomity
lurking
prescense
realtime
relationships
roles
coversations
groups
reputation
keep on thinking too much
true reputation is truly based on identity
sharing
added bonus:
valance:
1 a : the degree of combining power of an element or radical as shown by the number of atomic weights of a monovalent element (as hydrogen) with which the atomic weight of the element or the partial molecular weight of the radical will combine or for which it can be substituted or with which it can be compared b : a unit of valence
2 a : relative capacity to unite, react, or interact (as with antigens or a biological substrate) b : the degree of attractiveness an individual, activity, or object possesses as a behavioral goal
addressability
word def.
work
any active with is evaluated by people outside the system
collaboration
a group must agree amoungst themselves to act
divergent convergent modes...
"amongst themself" pushes us to be come a smaller group.
social software
class assinment 1 group three writing
LiveJournal.com is part of the collection of tools available online today for people to create journals known as web-logs or blogs. Journals have traditionally been used for an inner dialogue, usually with the intention that no one else will read it. "Journal", like "diary", connotes a level of privacy that seems to stand in contrast to anything that is broadcasted, or "live", yet LiveJournal.com pushes journaling into a public space, where the journal becomes a communication tool, connecting the user with his/her friends and communities. The site serves as an outlet for introspection, much like a physical journal does, as well as allowing its community members to explore and sculpt their public personae.
On LiveJournal.com, a user's circle of friends is a constant presence, and an integral part of the experience of the site. Each LiveJournal.com user has the opportunity to select other users as friends, and the interface allows for all his or her friends' latest entries to appear on one page in chronological order, so the user can easily see when a friend has updated. All LiveJournal.com posts have the potential for comments, though this feature can be disabled. Unlike the pen-and-paper journaler, a LiveJournal has an ever-present audience to keep in mind. Instead of being closed back into the notebook, each new entry lies in wait for feedback. Exhibitionism and voyeurism are allowed to flourish.
Like Tripod and Geocities communities in the early days of the web, each user's LiveJournal is centered on the individual's thoughts and interests. Visitors come to a user's site because those thoughts or interests resonate with the visitor. When people visit a LiveJournal, the prominent link to the friends and user info pages, as well as other users' comments on the entries, encourage them to meander through to other users and communities. Practically every mention of a LiveJournal.com member on the site is linked to his or her journal, which encourages users to seek each other out. This emphasis on making direct connections is also reflected behind the scenes with the ability to manage your friend relationships from high level navigation links in the software itself.
However, LiveJournal.com does not completely reject the idea of privacy usually inherent in a traditional journal. LiveJournal.com's unique feature, in comparison to other blogging tools and online communities, is the way in which various levels of privacy are controlled. Unlike Blogger, Movable Type and other blogging tools, LiveJournal.com lets the user decide who will be able to read which post. A post can be declared public, visible to anyone on the web; private, visible to only the user; friends-only, visible only to other LiveJournal.com users who the user has selected as friends; or to certain user-defined groups of friends. This feature allows the user to navigate the different worlds he or she moves in and out of, while maintaining a consistent identity. A person, for example, may post an essay-style entry one day and a personal soul-searching entry the next. The audience for each would be different. In real life, an individual gets to choose which information he or she shares with which people. LiveJournal.com builds this capability into the software, which makes it a more sophisticated tool for managing online identity than many other blogging or online community tools. This feature alone pushes the tone of LiveJournals? from broadcast to conversation.
Meeting people on the Internet often feels risky because one does not know if the people one meets are truly the people they claim to be. By its nature, the Internet is a step removed from reality, which allows people to put on different masks much more easily than in real life. The community-oriented nature of LiveJournal.com and its layered privacy controls provide users with a feeling of security that they may not feel on the web at large. LiveJournal.com users often feel comfortable being honest about themselves. Their interaction may start out as a conversation with themselves, but their willingness to open the conversation to others allows communities to form. The act of controlling privacy options, both for individuals and in groups, lends an inherent feeling of security.
Though signing up at LiveJournal.com is a brief process, creating an identity and becoming part of the communities requires investment. Because access to other users is largely at their discretion, and connections are often made through existing friends, communities and individuals can weed out users who seek to deceive or abuse them. Potential abusers understand that what they say, they say to an audience, and they can be easily closed out of the discussion, perhaps even more easily than real life.
LiveJournal.com does not dictate to its participants the nature of what a community or group should be. The interest box in the user info area is free form and comma delimited. There are no friend requests, which might promote social anxiety; instead a user can filter which friends can read which posts without the friends' knowledge. There are closed communities for those who choose them, and open ones. Additionally, not all one's friends have to be listed on one's public friends list, another level of privacy.
The traditional journal or diary is a way to keep a memento of one’s life just for oneself. It is a very personal artifact and evolves into a private ritual, with random marks, images, doodles, or scraps of material collaged together from various places visited. LiveJouranals? are text, images, quizzes and other plug-ins that this Opensource community creates, still a collection albeit less freeform. LiveJournal.com trades the tactile experience of a private book for a more social exploration of self without sacrificing the safety and control that a diary offers. The consequences and new conventions born of this form of socialization are still evolving.
media richness
what we need to enjoy an interaction. one day when th virtual space is completely meat space we will enjoy the full sense of intereaction.
one to one
one to many
many to many
social software willl focus with many to many
three or more
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clay shirky
clay@shirky.com
cshirky@mac.com
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