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<p>Imported current content</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[ThomasMalone]] mentions [[InformationLens]] on his page.<br /> <br /> Q: What is an [[InformationLens]] and what does it do?<br /> <br /> The Information Lens: An Intelligent System for Information Sharing in Organizations<br /> <br /> Problem addressed: efficient means of sharing information<br /> <br /> Current situation:<br /> <br /> * Too much information to share<br /> * Too many people to share information with.<br /> * No automated protocal to get information to the people who want/need it<br /> * &amp;#8220;Junk mail&amp;#8221;<br /> <br /> The Information lens is proposed to be a general comprehensive solution that intends to &amp;#8220;[[help]] people filter, sort, and prioritize messages that are already addressed to them, and it also helps them find useful messages they would not otherwise have received.&amp;#8221; (461)<br /> <br /> Malone, T. W.; Grant, K. R.; Turbak, F. A.; The Information Lens: An Intelligent System for Information Sharing in Organizations; In Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI&#039;86 Conference Proceedings (Boston, MA); ACM: New York, 1986; pp 1-8.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> Sounds like:<br /> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-946952.html<br /> <br /> Banter is making a product that learns how a user deals with their email (answers which ones first, just deletes from person X or mention project Y, etc), and appropriately acts that way (moving &#039;user opens from Person X first&#039; to top of inbox, etc).<br /> ----<br /> Also sounds like [[PubWan]], or guerrilla consumer education. If so, pleaze count me in</div>

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