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a little post about “me” and “you” in a transitional web app
4.14.2007 | tendencies
a wise man at lift07 told me that if you’re building a web app you should make it all about “me” – to make it social and succesful.
I agree, but I would like to add that if you make an addition to “me” and make the web app a bit “you” as well, – it will get you further.
Allan Jenkins asked me a question in a comment in my last post :
“What do you mean about “all about ‘me’, it’s also about ‘you’ as well” – here’s my explanation:
“all about “me”, it’s also about “you” as well?” means that when twitter is very individual focused (fx. “im stating that I am doing something” – and the community is created out of your personal statements), Jaiku is about “you” as well ( you can state away on jaiku as well, but people can comment on your statements directly, as well as comment on every other thing coming into any kind of RSS you have defined in Jaiku).
This results in, the community is not only evolving you – but because of the abilitiy to comment, to everything you define in there – you evolve the “other person as well” ( or the you).
So on Jaiku people are commenting on my del.icio.us links, my last.fm account, my statements and my blog… it makes it a much fuller experience…
and it makes twitter look incredibly dull and boring. Jaiku is twitter on steroids !
The commenting has the potential to make every incoming “jaiku” (no matter if it’s from your blog or from ma.gnolia) into a conversation in itself ( see this : http://jyri.jaiku.com/presence/779566 as an example).
So one of the key factors of Jaiku would be “involvement” – which makes the “you” central, as well as the “me” in Jaiku.
This is also how we will see the web apps being build in the future : with focus on “me” – but with “you” on the side as well.
The “you” effect and involvement doesn’t come automatically – you have to work on that consistantly.
4.14.2007
Henriette – which mall is it you guys hang out?? Henriette – there are now so many ideas and questions in my head about all this – why don´t we get together at a barcamp again or some other event, where we can share this? Or a special camp about microblogging?
4.14.2007
Hi Karin – I am in the proces of planning BarCamp Copenhagen it will take place in the fall – if you want to plan it with me and Kim Bach – you’re so welcome on board it would be a blast ! – oh and we meet at rødovre centrum – from time to time..
4.17.2007
I like that description. We (Jaiku) have the you and me stuff sorted (well, not completely, but it’s well on the way), and now we’re working on the ‘us’ stuff
4.17.2007
Malls as micro/nano-conference centers/clusters. Excellent!
The writers’ bench phenomenon: graffiti “writers” meet up informally at a metro station in a city. The underground network cables the information to interested parties.
(My BoBo lifestyle would make the mall a perfect setting for an impromptu hacking/computing miniconference. Transitional web apps make these things possible, I guess. And old-fashioned hype would be needed, too, I guess.)
4.17.2007
maybe we should have an undercover writer bench in Copenhagen. I think that transitional web apps makes these things possible as well – and more spontanious… for sure.. everything these days needs hype and buzz
4.17.2007
@andrew – you have to define the “us” stuff for me…. but I know you are having a hang of the “me” and “you” *s* it’s good – but there’s always room for improvement