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September 27, 2012 - 3:02 PM
This is my assessment of the possibilities of Enterprise/Consumer Social Networks as a Top Layer application, and an Activity Stream Computing environment. In the future, persons will sit down to work, and whether telecommuting or working from a specifically business-oriented location, start up their Activity Stream Computers. The Basic Layer of this Activity Stream Computer, the same as the Operating System, will be an Activity Stream Programming environment, (possibly similar to the website www.ifttt.com).
Starting with the Basic Layer Activity Stream Operating System, the Activity Stream Computer will launch applications based on Social Networking only. These applications will be the equivalent of present Social Networks – Google+, Yammer, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. Enterprise Social Networks, like Yammer, will have become the same as personal Consumer Social Networks. In other words, in order to work, persons will operate the same Social Networking-based application as persons operate in order to shop, interact with government, plan their lives, socialize with friends, and read/listen/watch entertainment media.
In order to socialize, shop, conduct personal business, and for entertainment, persons will use multi-function Consumer Social Networking with the same capabilities found with Enterprise Social Networking. There will be no difference between a Consumer Social Network and a Enterprise Social Network. Both will be multi-functional, and contain within them the multiple computing applications required by persons to work, or live their personal lives.
With this form of Activity Stream Computing, employees using Personal Social Networks at Work will eventually not be considered in any way unusual. Employees will work and take care of their personal interactions concurrently. The personal Social Networking of Employees will appear in the Activity Streams of the same Enterprise Social Network they use for Work. The work they need to perform to earn an income will appear in the Activity Streams of the Consumer Social Network they use at home, for personal business.
When a Consumer, via Social Networking, is purchasing services from a Business, (via Social Networking), the Employees of that Business will see the relevant Consumer, and all the other Individuals interacting with that Business within a Social Network context. The Consumer will also see all the other Consumers interacting with the same Business they are mutually purchasing services from, via the Activity Streams of the Consumer/Enterprise Social Network application.
It is possible that Twitter will become only a back end for Twitter-like dialog box Applications within Multi-System Social Networks. LinkedIn could become only a back end for employment networking within a Top Layer Social Network.
Therefore the Layers would be – ifttt.com Activity Stream Programming base layer, a Multi-Activity Stream Layer Social Network Appllication, multiple Single Activity Stream Social Networks providing integrated multiple Activity Streams for the previous Layer, Productivity Applications that operate within the Multi-Activity Stream Social Network, with the Files produced existing in a Social context from intial creation of the Files. Legacy concepts of Productivity Applications will eventually phase out, as persons and businesses switch to Productivity with Social Networking dialogs, including the legacy applications, spreadsheets and slide presentations.
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