Blob7 - Network of 6; The new concierges?
Blob7 Podcast snippet - Are ‘Network of 6′ the ‘emerging concierges’ Linda Stone talks about? (2:23, 2245kb)
Description
This is a very short snippet (about 2.5mins) from the February 17, 2006 edition of the Distributing the Future podcast. [Rael Dornfest and Tim O'Reilly continue their preview of next month's Emerging Technology conference...] The bit that caught my attention is the mention of the ‘wisdom of tens’. Are these the ‘trusated concierges’ Linda Stone talks about?
Background
Mike put out his podcast about the ‘Network of 6′ over on LearnDogRemixed podcast (LDR) about when I was listening to the February 17, 2006 edition of Distributing the Future podcast . Mike highlights [tag]Mena Trott[/tag]’s magic number 6 (or 12) and Rael talks about 10 (or 20).
Whatever the number, it’s small. But the thing that hit me listening to this was how this smallish number applies to the idea of ‘trusted concierges‘ that [tag]Linda Stone[/tag] spoke about.
I think it seems this small trusted network will be set to play more than a ‘passive’ role as people to hang-out with but with right tools will be ‘active’ as ‘concierges’, enabling you to ‘home-in’ on your signal of choice.
So while [tag]Squidoo[/tag] has the ‘lens’ idea, and I see that’s a ‘referal’ model, it also seems very public and large-scale. There’s perhaps room for a similar, yet more private and smaller model - private in terms of ‘personal’ not just hidden.
The whole thing makes a sort of blurry-sense to me. The future will tell.
Quote from Linda Stone:
The next aphrodisiac is committed full-attention focus. In this new area, experiencing this engaged attention is to feel alive. Trusted filters, trusted protectors, trusted concierge, human or technical, removing distractions and managing boundaries, filtering signal from noise, enabling meaningful connections, that make us feel secure, are the opportunity for the next generation.
[tags]learndog, ldr, longtailjewel[/tags]
