Organising Your Social Life

Social FabricThis is a pretty good idea…a graphical representation of your friends and family and the last time you had contact with them. “While tending not to let things slide in professional environments because of the immediate repercussions, we often neglect our personal lives, where the effect of our actions are less apparent.”

How it works: Your phone’s screen shows a crowd of human figures, each an avatar of one of your friends, acquaintances or relatives. The frequency of all digital communications between you and each person, which the system monitors, determines that avatar’s posture: an alert stance indicates frequent recent contact, for example; a lethargic posture or turned back means neglect. You can also register non-digital contacts manually. The avatars can be grouped manually according to sentiment, category, and so on, or programmed to begin clustering together before an upcoming event: your family before a birthday, say.

I think this is a pretty nifty idea, especially for people who mostly set up social gatherings using their mobile phones. (via Textually.org)
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