Alan Lepofsky's blog about technology, travel and the occasional golf post.http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/en-usThu, 2 Feb 2012 10:31:40 PM -0500 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:31:40 PM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Facebook But Were Afraid To Ask Link }]]> Link }]]> http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/microstrategy-wisdom?opendocument&comments#02022012103140PMPSC7BU.htm Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:42:17 AM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Don’t Cross The Streams http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/dont-cross-the-streams?opendocument&comments#02022012094217AMPSCLEY.htm Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:41:23 AM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Don’t Cross The Streams
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So why doing a single stream when you split it again? Because it's now YOUR choice HOW to split it. With about 600 friends (a lot of them very active) + some subscriptions on Facebook this stream is already a typical overload example if I would read it as a whole stream.

What I did is splitting it in various lists like Social Media, IBM Notes/Domino or private stuff like Dancing, Poker, Family etc. So now I am able to look at the stream that I am especially interested in and get the information needed very fast.

And yes, somethimes I am crossing streams ... e.g. having people from Social Media in the Notes/Domino Section or vice versa. And no the universe doesn't explode ... at least for now ;-)

Adding filtering (no games activities for me) I now have streams that can be handled easily and suit my personal way to gather informations. And being able to do it your personal way is the great benefit. One source organised my way instead of many sources organized in ways a I may not feel comfortable with.

Doing the same with Twitter of course.]]>
So why doing a single stream when you split it again? Because it's now YOUR choice HOW to split it. With about 600 friends (a lot of them very active) + some subscriptions on Facebook this stream is already a typical overload example if I would read it as a whole stream.

What I did is splitting it in various lists like Social Media, IBM Notes/Domino or private stuff like Dancing, Poker, Family etc. So now I am able to look at the stream that I am especially interested in and get the information needed very fast.

And yes, somethimes I am crossing streams ... e.g. having people from Social Media in the Notes/Domino Section or vice versa. And no the universe doesn't explode ... at least for now ;-)

Adding filtering (no games activities for me) I now have streams that can be handled easily and suit my personal way to gather informations. And being able to do it your personal way is the great benefit. One source organised my way instead of many sources organized in ways a I may not feel comfortable with.

Doing the same with Twitter of course.]]> http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/dont-cross-the-streams?opendocument&comments#02022012041529AMPSCE2Q.htm Thu, 2 Feb 2012 02:28:33 AM -0500 mohit sharma Facebook Calendar To My Calendar http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/facebook-calendar-to-my-calendar?opendocument&comments#02022012022833AMPSCBXW.htm Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:18:16 PM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Don’t Cross The Streams http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/dont-cross-the-streams?opendocument&comments#02012012091816PMPSC5VY.htm Wed, 1 Feb 2012 08:57:28 PM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Don’t Cross The Streams http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/dont-cross-the-streams?opendocument&comments#02012012085728PMPSC5GY.htm Wed, 1 Feb 2012 08:28:07 PM -0500 Chris Miller Don’t Cross The Streams
Smart filtering has already shown to be a failure inside facebookc with the feedback they get on a constant basis. Also, most workers will be highly unlikely to manage their own in a reasonable format. Current users have enough trouble with rules and mal filtering to not add in a living stream.

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Smart filtering has already shown to be a failure inside facebookc with the feedback they get on a constant basis. Also, most workers will be highly unlikely to manage their own in a reasonable format. Current users have enough trouble with rules and mal filtering to not add in a living stream.

I wrote more here. { Link }]]> http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/dont-cross-the-streams?opendocument&comments#02012012082807PMPSC4WM.htm Wed, 1 Feb 2012 04:05:53 PM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Don’t Cross The Streams
1) while integrating content from multiple sources removes some of the switching between applications it does cause the problem of jumbling tons of related topics together.

2) As things scroll by they are gone. I imagine we'll soon be hearing stories of managers complaining "Why didn't you respond to the post I put into the stream for you?"]]>
1) while integrating content from multiple sources removes some of the switching between applications it does cause the problem of jumbling tons of related topics together.

2) As things scroll by they are gone. I imagine we'll soon be hearing stories of managers complaining "Why didn't you respond to the post I put into the stream for you?"]]> http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/dont-cross-the-streams?opendocument&comments#02012012040553PMPSCTWQ.htm Wed, 1 Feb 2012 03:55:46 PM -0500 Tim Tripcony Don’t Cross The Streams
But even within email, context switching can be jarring, because an email can theoretically be about anything. I find it difficult to compartmentalize that - to focus only on the message I'm reading, respond to it as needed, and then completely forget about it upon moving on to the next one. If I spend 5 minutes in my inbox, I'm thinking about 8 different things. They might all be important, but instead of each getting my full attention until I've dealt with it and move on to the next, by the time I'm reading the last message, my attention is diluted by everything else I've just looked at. It's particularly noticeable if some of that information is comparatively frivolous.

That's why I miss so much that scrolls by in Facebook: my brain tunes out as I'm skimming past all of the Farmville and Mafia Wars posts, and rants about who did or didn't win some football game, on the off chance that there might actually be significant information about something happening in a friend's life... so if there is, it's likely I don't even notice, because my mind has already been Tebowed to sleep. Additionally, if I'm not diligent in checking the feed, all of the fluff has shoved anything of substance far enough down that I have to scroll for an hour to find it, so if it's been a few days since I logged in, I don't even bother reading past anything that's older than a few hours. I shudder to imagine the impact if enterprise end users had a similar experience on the job.]]>
But even within email, context switching can be jarring, because an email can theoretically be about anything. I find it difficult to compartmentalize that - to focus only on the message I'm reading, respond to it as needed, and then completely forget about it upon moving on to the next one. If I spend 5 minutes in my inbox, I'm thinking about 8 different things. They might all be important, but instead of each getting my full attention until I've dealt with it and move on to the next, by the time I'm reading the last message, my attention is diluted by everything else I've just looked at. It's particularly noticeable if some of that information is comparatively frivolous.

That's why I miss so much that scrolls by in Facebook: my brain tunes out as I'm skimming past all of the Farmville and Mafia Wars posts, and rants about who did or didn't win some football game, on the off chance that there might actually be significant information about something happening in a friend's life... so if there is, it's likely I don't even notice, because my mind has already been Tebowed to sleep. Additionally, if I'm not diligent in checking the feed, all of the fluff has shoved anything of substance far enough down that I have to scroll for an hour to find it, so if it's been a few days since I logged in, I don't even bother reading past anything that's older than a few hours. I shudder to imagine the impact if enterprise end users had a similar experience on the job.]]> http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/dont-cross-the-streams?opendocument&comments#02012012035546PMPSCTQE.htm Wed, 1 Feb 2012 02:58:10 PM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Don’t Cross The Streams http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/dont-cross-the-streams?opendocument&comments#02012012025810PMPSCSLE.htm Wed, 1 Feb 2012 02:49:16 PM -0500 Andrew Pollack Don’t Cross The Streams
I have several different information sources just like most people, but I have absolutely no desire to see them all feed into a single stream. I use each source different and the best intelligence about what priority to give each feed at any given time is my own. I choose what to look at entirely based on what I want to see at that moment. It may be work related task lists, it may be friends updating their status, and it may be the latest science or gadget news. It is really not all that hard for me to select the source and go view it.

The idea that some mechanism - no matter how good - would be aggregating, ordering, and prioritizing these makes the assumption that my desires and mood are predictable. I am not a predictable cog in a machine. I am not a number, I am a free man.]]>
I have several different information sources just like most people, but I have absolutely no desire to see them all feed into a single stream. I use each source different and the best intelligence about what priority to give each feed at any given time is my own. I choose what to look at entirely based on what I want to see at that moment. It may be work related task lists, it may be friends updating their status, and it may be the latest science or gadget news. It is really not all that hard for me to select the source and go view it.

The idea that some mechanism - no matter how good - would be aggregating, ordering, and prioritizing these makes the assumption that my desires and mood are predictable. I am not a predictable cog in a machine. I am not a number, I am a free man.]]> http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/dont-cross-the-streams?opendocument&comments#02012012024916PMPSCSEU.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:44:08 AM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Are We Really Better Off Without Email?
Brendan, yes it's cool to blame email for all of the issues. Just like next year it will be cool to blame activity streams.]]>
Brendan, yes it's cool to blame email for all of the issues. Just like next year it will be cool to blame activity streams.]]> http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/are-we-really-better-off-without-email?opendocument&comments#01312012084408AMPSCKAM.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:19:24 AM -0500 Brendan Long Are We Really Better Off Without Email? http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/are-we-really-better-off-without-email?opendocument&comments#31012012071924PSCHMP.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:17:47 AM -0500 David Hablewitz Are We Really Better Off Without Email? http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/are-we-really-better-off-without-email?opendocument&comments#01312012021747AMPSCBR6.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:58 AM -0500 Andrew Collinwood My POV On The Lotusphere 2012 Opening General Session http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/my-pov-on-the-lotusphere-2012-opening-general-session?opendocument&comments#01312012120058AMPSC93N.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:05:17 AM -0500 wordpress portfolio themes A few comments on my site redesign http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/a-few-comments-on-my-site-redesign?opendocument&comments#01272012010517AMPSCABU.htm Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:57:23 PM -0500 Carl Tyler Location. Location. Enterprise Location. http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/location-location-enterprise-location?opendocument&comments#01262012075723PMPSC4BE.htm Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:10:04 PM -0500 Sharon Predictions For 2012 From An Employee Perspective http://www.alanlepofsky.net/alepofsky/alanblog.nsf/dx/predictions-for-2012-from-an-employee-perspective?opendocument&comments#01262012031004PMPSCSTU.htm