(Dear ISF Colleagues: I'm much obliged to Josh Shortlidge for
providing the following information about his upcoming presentation.
More information about the Ethos Roundtable may be found at
http://ethosroundtable.blogspot.com . Best regards from Deborah)
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Ethos Roundtable
Josh Shortlidge presents on the InterEthos project
Tuesday, September 18th
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Charles Hotel
1 Bennett Street
Harvard Square, Cambridge
When you meet someone on the Internet, how do you know what they are
really like? Are they trustworthy? Knowledgeable? Also, how do you
share your impressions of them with everybody else? You could go to
Facebook and MySpace and LinkedIn and any number of other social
networking sites, Google their name and so on. But that's a lot of
work! Couldn't there be an easier way? Wouldn't it be nice if you
could get to know people right away, right when you encounter them,
and with no conversations or clicks required?
On September 18th Josh Shortlidge will present a new technology
designed to "catalog and share the character of internet users in real
time".
Ethos Profiles are comprised of pointers to documentation on all
internet locations. For instance a person's Ethos Profile can include
pointers to articles they authored in a local newspaper, to web pages
documenting their membership activities in certain activist groups, to
their MMOG gaming standings, to their good standing as an EBay seller,
to their Myers Briggs personality profile, to their profile on
CouchSurfing.com, etc.
These Ethos Profiles will be stored in a shared "ethos" data layer,
which will be accessible by everyone, from everywhere on the net, with
no clicks, and at zero cost. Ethos profiles will be created for all
users, and by all users. We will share our spirit and passions more
seamlessly, and thereby more easily forge life-changing relationships.
The basic concept of InterEthos is that whenever you meet a new person
via the internet, then you should be able to instantly learn that
person's core character, or ethos. Getting to know someone shouldn't
require hours of face-to-face conversation or extensive internet
searches. Rather, you should be able to glean their ethos at the exact
place and instant that you meet them.
For more details please visit the InterEthos wiki. The wiki is public,
so you can add your ideas to any page by clicking the "Edit This Page"
button. Also, if the topic grabs you, then please click "Join this
Space."
Josh Shortlidge's contact information (and old-style profile) can be
found on the wiki.
http://ethosroundtable.blogspot.com/2007/09/please-join-us-for-josh-shortlidges.html
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