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I have taken the long 4th weekend to process Steve Gillmor’s idea of an Attention OS. I should have it all processed soon but my brain is hurting. So far all I can say is, Steve that must have been one heck of a dream. More to follow.
Links:
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The Attention Operating System

The idea is similar to an infrastructure lease (Cities use it to create revenue from roads and such. Think the Chicago sky way). We as individuals formalize the capture of our attention data with a lease. We exclusively lease our attention to a Attention Investment Trust (AIT similar to a REIT) in return […]

In the cognitive economy the role of attention is primarily that of an abstract currency. Attention (in all of its forms) like Dollars, Euros and Pounds will have a value that is ubiquitous and easily measured by all parties. Markets can be created (think something like Root Markets) to speculate upon and trade […]

The Cognitive economy is not

mass marketing
Information asymmetry
proprietary
a monologue
silos
about monopoly
less information
small, simple or easy
a short term thing

I have been thinking real hard about the Attention economy and then about the Intention economy. In the past I have written about the Situational Awareness economy and online cognitive models, well I think I was in the right neighborhood. I think the economic revolution before us is the Cognitive Economy. The Cognitive […]

I have to give the folks at Flickr credit for their competitor API position. I have been in heated discussions dealing with the openness of systems. In my experience there exists a group of people that fear losing something (Take your pick: money, customers, advantage, IP etc..) because of being open. My response […]

I value:

people, products and services that make my attention efficient and effective.
attention I receive from others and wish to make their attention efficient and effective.
title to, access to and control of my attention artifacts.
those who recognize that attention exchanges are and should always be symmetrical.

I have had multiple conversations about the recent format change on the Gillmor Gang, most feedback being critical of the changes. I have been a regular listener for sometime now. When The Earthlink commercials started I gladly reviewed the services from earthlink. Then Godaddy.com joined the rotation and I reviewed their services […]

So I just thought I would list out where some of my attention data is stored, definitely not an exhaustive list and not in any order. This list just screams opportunities for attention efficiency, forget paying me for my attention data just let me be more efficient with it.
Where is your attention data stored?
I […]