I remember back in the day, when I used to complain that there were too many channels on cable television with close to nothing worth watching out of all those options . It seems as though we have come full circle, just now it’s by channels of communication. I have more consumption options then I ever could have dreamed of before the internet as we know it has come of age. So therefore, I have been focusing on filters. Tools that allow me to grab the content I want from whom I want, when I want and where I want. But, it’s much easier said than done.
Of course Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, Seesmic and others have been around and very useful for quite some time. Even Gmail is upping the ante’ with the newly rolled out Priority Inbox. But even more exciting to me are the new tools I see popping up to deliver in a less cluttered format like paper.li on the web and flipboard on the iPad which utilize Twitter Lists, Facebook Connections and Searches to deliver a virtual newspaper or magazine in a much easier to read, scan and wade through format. We can now allow “The Virtual Decibel Meter” to reach as high as we let it. I like the direction the web is going, but even more exciting to me would be to try to find solutions to deliver us what we need to see according to our usage habits.
Services that drown out noise and laser in on delivering up content that we can use is a key component to making efficient use of time. We all know that, but I find that even with tools such as google reader and alert services I still glaze over a ton of articles in order to find a few hidden gems that my eyeballs are hungry for. So, how can the web take what we “like” and “follow” and “share” and get us more intelligent results based upon our human search desires for relevant channels on the web. Out of the gazillions out there, I just want my MTV (MyTV) delivered in a format that I can teach and as a result it will learn based on all of these factors.
Here’s a promo video on Flipboard if you haven’t seen what this great little iPad app is capable of filtering…
So, that’s about it. As always I greatly appreciate your thoughts, ideas and wisdom in the comments section down below. Since the term “social media” has finally been acknowledged by the world as the most tired, overused and meaningless phrase of the decade and now we are more focusing on how to filter the channels in order to get quieter, more meaningful interaction and communication is something I hope we see more and more of in the development world.
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