The latest incarnation of the Ambient Intimacy presentation, presented at The Future of Web Apps in London Oct 07

1. ambient intimacy
leisa reichelt
disambiguity.com
Ambient Intimacy
Leisa Reichelt | Disambiguity.com
Future of Web Apps |October 2007

3. twitter, flickr, facebook,
myspace, lastFM, dopplr,
upcoming, skype status, IM
presence, RSS readers,
blog posts, comments...

10. phatic expressiveness
for virtual spaces

11. ‘in linguistics, a phatic
expression is one
whose only function is
to perform a social task’

12. ‘continual partial friendship’
david weinberger, joho the blog

13. ‘it’s not about being
poked and prodded, it’s
about exposing more
surface area for others
to connect with’
Johnnie Moore

14. it’s a love/hate thing

17. 1. anticipated reciprocity
2. reputation
3. sense of efficacy
4. identification with a group.
Peter Kollack ‘The Economies of Online Participation’ via Tom Coates

18. non-zero sum games
increase the rewards for all
those who commit to
participate in the exchange
over a long period
Robert Wright: Non-Zero

19. design to support
ambient intimacy

20. 1. keep it light weight
2. stay out of the way
3. open your API
4. portable social networks
5. use the periphery
6. allow for time-shifting

25. 1. keep it light weight
2. stay out of the way
3. open your API
4. portable social networks
5. use the periphery
6. allow for time-shifting

26. thank you :)
leisa reichelt
leisa.reichelt@gmail.com
disambiguity.com
twitter: /leisa

27. Image Credits
• graphpaper.com/2007/03-15_sxsw-2007-twitter-social-cyborgs
• flickr.com/photos/andybudd/364745733
• flickr.com/photos/mo/22337757
• flickr.com/photos/carradine65/90084642
• flickr.com/photos/81887528@N00520045137
• flickr.com/photos/88433615@N00/346832371
• flickr.com/photos/nialkennedy/407135104
• flickr.com/photos/62361777@N00/475349203
• marcellomedia.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/hunde.jpg
• headrush.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/twittercurve.jpg
• flickr.com/photos/brandnewbrain/122276304
• and the rest are mine