So of course on the last day, finally someone starts talking about the real crux of this problem, which isn't technical. It's social.
And it's Doc.
First, read the cool priest's summary of what doc is doing right now.. and focus on the point that digiID needs to mother necessity here. Why would folk want an identity? Let's ignore the whole federal / state / national IDENTITY thing going on, because no-one's really interested in that so much beyond the guys who are struggling with the tech solution. Let's have a think about what BBCi can do to create identity value in the UK.
How about a Yellow Pages of characters? A People listing, categorised by "humanoid" titles and subtitles (like, "Cynic" instead of "Plumber")? Would being listed in the UK online PeoplePages be of value to people? It's not an original idea but it's perhaps an idea that's not been done properly yet? The glue could be the content. We had a big chat over dinner last night with an american Doctor Who fan.... = connection.
Consider things like that. Social solutions to what people want on a day to day basis = human contact. Thoughts?
Oh, and.. Doc's telling stories, people are laughing, this is a fun presentation! There's Matt Jones right up there on the screen, part of the show.
Apologies for bad writing, am blogging while listening and watching out of one eye...
xx
Posted by alice at October 11, 2002 05:50 PM