The Attention Economy 101
Herbert Simon first articulated the concept of attention economics in 1971. Wikipedia defines the attention economy as follows :
Attention economics is an approach to the management of information that treats human attention as a scarce commodity, and applies economic theory to solve various information management problems.
Recommended Reference Material
The Natural Economy of the Net by Michael H. Goldhaber
Waiting for attention … or something like it by Steve Gillmor
How (not) to study the attention economy by Michael H. Goldhaber
How VRM helps CRM by Doc Searls
Is Google building the attention economy by Sam Sethi
The Attention Economy : an overview by Alex Iskold and Richard MacManus
Emergent Structure v Intelligent Design by Esther Dyson
Crowd Clout by TrendWatching.com
Jaiku v Twitter by Joi Ito
From many tweets, one loud voice on the internet by Jason Pontin
AttenTV turns web surfing into errie spectator sport by Erica Ogg
Attention pays by Jeremy Wagstaff
Why work is looking more life a video game by Michael Fitzgerald
Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense
Better than free by Kevin Kelly
Free! why $0.00 is the Future of Business by Chris Anderson
Examples of The Attention Economy Projects
Twitter, Twittervision, Twittersearch, Terraminds, Twitter Apps, Tweet Scan
Project VRM
Thinkers on The Attention Economy
Lifestreaming Services