Interfaces of Attention Yury Lifshits (Yahoo! Research)
Operating System Computer OS Phone OS In-car OS Home OS –… Human OS Picture source:
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Human OS Resources of a human Human Operating System application
Human OS from The Matrix
Human resources Time (calendar) Location Physical power Money Thinking power Expertise, knowledge (QA) Current state, mood Decision making Attention
Human OS Resources of a human Human Operating System application Resources of a human Human Operating System Resources of a human Human Operating System Resources of a human Human Operating System Resources of a human Human Operating System Resources of a human Human Operating System Resources of a human Human Operating System
Resources of a human application
Presentation interface Reception interface user data relevance engine Human OS application
Today Overview of information distribution Attention interfaces Presentation interface Reception interface Prototypes Brainstorm
Information Distribution
Trend: Growth of Data Business-generated data Products, services, news, wishlists, contact data Reality stream, sensors Where what have happened Expert knowledge Glossary, issues, typical solutions, object databases, related objects graph Events Sport, concerts, education, corporate, community, private Market graph & signals Like, interested, use, following, want to buy; votes and ratings
Trend: Growth of Data Photos Events Video, Internet TV Fashion Shopping Art, architecture, design Psychology Music
delivery channels user (consumer) data publishers ? YQL middlemen user (producer)
User needs Discovery Find without search Filtering Solving information overload Memory Personal information management
Presentation Interfaces
Stream Subscriptions Shared It ’ s ok to miss an entry Focus on entertainment Actions: connect, put to queue
Tabs / Folders
Messages, Updates, Alerts
Now Stock, weather, sports scores, traffic, prices, showtimes Video news, podcast news, radio Last TV episodes Trending stuff Only last value shown Fit everything to one screen
Connections Memory/bookmarks: my books, places, music artists, celebrities, movies Resolve to details: status, reviews, current price, contact data Attention profile for better aggregation/recommendations
Queue Wishlist: restaurants, books, travel ideas, movies Content: video, music artists, blogs, slides Things to learn Games Keywords for research
Sharing Events Music Video Books People Places
Random Walk See also Similar artists Entities in this story
Reception Interfaces
Reception Constraints Size Structure, namespaces Rate Reputation Keyword matching
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Prototypes Photo reader Connector Newsboard
Brainstorm 1.What kind of information do you want to consume? 2.What is the ideal presentation interface?
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