http://ctoblog.calicojack.co.uk/2006/11/03/mas-customisation/ Calico Jack CTO Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:45:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://ctoblog.calicojack.co.uk/2006/11/03/mas-customisation/#comment-72 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:04:44 +0000 http://ctoblog.calicojack.co.uk/2006/11/03/mas-customisation/#comment-72 [...] We’ve been going on and on over the last few weeks about the Long Tail, and how the need for mass customisation that it demands might be met by multi-agent system thinking - or what you might call MAS customisation. [...] […] We’ve been going on and on over the last few weeks about the Long Tail, and how the need for mass customisation that it demands might be met by multi-agent system thinking - or what you might call MAS customisation. […]

]]> http://ctoblog.calicojack.co.uk/2006/11/03/mas-customisation/#comment-2 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:10:22 +0000 http://ctoblog.calicojack.co.uk/2006/11/03/mas-customisation/#comment-2 [...] The problem is that we might, in part, be wrong. There are contrary opinions from both business and social perspectives. Networking has always been an important aspect of business and Alain Lefebvre’s book les réseaux sociaux makes a strong case for professional social networks. As the founder of 6nergies, his knowledge is based on substantial practical experience. Alain has a clear style of writing, so his book is accessible to anyone with a moderate grasp of French. The Financial Times Magazine (October 27th) had an article by Graham Bowley titled “The high priestess of internet friendship”. It reported an interview with Danah Boyd. Much of what was said about kids and networking wasn’t entirely new to me - Calico Jack has been working with Ian Pringle, a member of Norman Lewis’s group at Orange. Norman would certainly eschew the title of high priest (I’ve no idea how Danah views the corresponding epithet). Apart from anything else the role rather rules out meaningful debate. Norman is nevertheless an acknowledged expert on the subject - Ikasai’s notes from the same event provide a slightly different perspective. What did strike me though from the interview with Danah Boyd was the observation that many people are using social networking software to reinforce existing relations rather than to make new ones. Perhaps we’re innately clubby after all. Marshall Kirkpatrick’s TechCrunch interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker highlighted the twin issues of privacy and control. The title of Marshall’s piece “There is still room for more and better social networking” probably sums up the message here too. I’m convinced that the next generation of social networking applications will find ways of straddling the open and closed views. But to do this they will need new technical approaches capable of rapid adaption to both changing social trends and individual concerns. Chris’s recent post on mass customization gives some idea on how Calico Jack is approaching the problem (look towards the end). In the meantime I’m remaining in the open network camp. I can’t quite bring myself to rescue my orphaned LinkedIn profile - though 6nergies might be more fun. [...] […] The problem is that we might, in part, be wrong. There are contrary opinions from both business and social perspectives. Networking has always been an important aspect of business and Alain Lefebvre’s book les réseaux sociaux makes a strong case for professional social networks. As the founder of 6nergies, his knowledge is based on substantial practical experience. Alain has a clear style of writing, so his book is accessible to anyone with a moderate grasp of French. The Financial Times Magazine (October 27th) had an article by Graham Bowley titled “The high priestess of internet friendship”. It reported an interview with Danah Boyd. Much of what was said about kids and networking wasn’t entirely new to me - Calico Jack has been working with Ian Pringle, a member of Norman Lewis’s group at Orange. Norman would certainly eschew the title of high priest (I’ve no idea how Danah views the corresponding epithet). Apart from anything else the role rather rules out meaningful debate. Norman is nevertheless an acknowledged expert on the subject - Ikasai’s notes from the same event provide a slightly different perspective. What did strike me though from the interview with Danah Boyd was the observation that many people are using social networking software to reinforce existing relations rather than to make new ones. Perhaps we’re innately clubby after all. Marshall Kirkpatrick’s TechCrunch interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker highlighted the twin issues of privacy and control. The title of Marshall’s piece “There is still room for more and better social networking” probably sums up the message here too. I’m convinced that the next generation of social networking applications will find ways of straddling the open and closed views. But to do this they will need new technical approaches capable of rapid adaption to both changing social trends and individual concerns. Chris’s recent post on mass customization gives some idea on how Calico Jack is approaching the problem (look towards the end). In the meantime I’m remaining in the open network camp. I can’t quite bring myself to rescue my orphaned LinkedIn profile - though 6nergies might be more fun. […]

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