It's not just about Apps
0 likes596 views
The document discusses that the value of technology is not just about apps, but how people configure platforms and connect them together in new ways to solve specific problems. It notes that niche user groups can deliver more value than mass production models. Structuring configurations can help with re-use while still allowing for expression. The most important things are learning from each other and sharing stories of both success and failure.
It's not just about Apps
- 1. it’s not just about Apps http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameronparkins/3220496811
- 2. Apps are great http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelaion/5350867215
- 3. where did I park? http://www.flickr.com/photos/anemoneprojectors/5375278604
- 4. is value measured in the number of users? http://www.flickr.com/photos/yghelloworld/4966726746
- 5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aasuarchives/4131330542 sometimes niche user groups deliver more value
- 6. a mass production model is not always right http://www.flickr.com/photos/abolotnov/3255641924
- 7. not everyone can create Apps http://www.flickr.com/photos/phauly/25605559
- 8. but platforms... http://www.flickr.com/photos/angusf/3891574262
- 9. we configure them to solve our specific problems http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonoak/2562686810
- 10. we apply them in new ways http://www.museumofunintendeduse.com/
- 11. we connect them together http://www.museumofunintendeduse.com/
- 12. this is technically simple* http://www.flickr.com/photos/houseofsims/3347433887
- 13. how we configure them changes how they are used http://www.flickr.com/photos/hlship/3036230983
- 14. we must learn and share http://www.flickr.com/photos/billselak/2114566794
- 15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/grongar/4965540699 structuring will help us re-use configurations
- 16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyggefotografen/3032262608/ add context not constrain expression
- 17. but stories are more important http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandjoe/3107197743
- 18. stories of success http://www.flickr.com/photos/dm-set/3737143720
- 19. ...and failure http://www.flickr.com/photos/crsan/4804813050/
- 20. it’s not just about Apps http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameronparkins/3220496811