Felix - I have to disagree. Think of the old-old days ... the people who are important in my social and business life are within two stone-throws. So and so is looking bored this morning - read "invitation to plot & socialise" - so I go and plot ... another is assiduously at work - I won't disturb her now, etc.
Your measure of information is the wrong one: we used to create vast amounts of information in our encounters. The starkness of online work has a lot to do with us having stripped that very mportant information out. We still have a long way to go in producing usable contextual information that will shape our digital sociality.
Think of twitter as the nearly unconscious context that helps to signpost how we expect others to behave towards us.
So tell me - what are you up to and can I expect a reply soon?
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Felix - I have to disagree. Think of the old-old days ... the people who are important in my social and business life are within two stone-throws. So and so is looking bored this morning - read "invitation to plot & socialise" - so I go and plot ... another is assiduously at work - I won't disturb her now, etc.
Your measure of information is the wrong one: we used to create vast amounts of information in our encounters. The starkness of online work has a lot to do with us having stripped that very mportant information out. We still have a long way to go in producing usable contextual information that will shape our digital sociality.
Think of twitter as the nearly unconscious context that helps to signpost how we expect others to behave towards us.
So tell me - what are you up to and can I expect a reply soon?