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2 opinions for Attensa 1.0 Beta

• rickdog
  Jan 6, 2006 at 5:24 pm

  I uninstalled Attensa, loved some of it’s features like discovery, but it was a CPU hog, and it seemed to make my system unstable. Sometimes it’d be sucking 100% for apparently no reason at all, I think it’s buggy. Plus the UI needs work, you have no idea what link you’re clicking since there’s no statusbar or hover help. Could be a good one though if they clean it up.

• A Feed Is Born » Attention will solve information overload - RSS, Webfeeds and Information Overload!
  Jan 20, 2006 at 12:40 pm

  […] Craig Barnes, President and Founder of Attensa, writes on his blog about Attensa and believes attention is the holy grail to solving the emerging problem of information overload. I could not agree more. And in his opinion, the overload problem will be obvious to the masses once Outlook 12 (and IE7) introduce RSS capabilities to the rank and file “knowledge worker.” Outlook 12 will help cause information overload, not help mitigate it. But, that’s where Attensa comes in… Intelligent utilization of Attention data is paramount. Counting links or assigning static weights to articles will not cut it. By the way, attention is not just tracking browser clicks either. While we are championing attention categorically we are already starting to worry about the bastardization of the term. Attention - done right - cannot be bolted on as technology. At least not well anyway. Attention is the core technical ideology here and is the foundation of our infrastructure. […]

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