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October 13, 2006
Sensors, small teams
Sensors, small teams: Josh Greenbaum compares "Web2.0" to other uses of the network, and sees a mismatch. First he attends an IBM briefing about putting chips into equipment (vehicles, tooling, storage areas) to join the whole factory with its distribution and ordering networks. Then he compares this with what he saw at recent Web-oriented conferences: "I didn't spend nearly as much time at the recent Office 2.0 conference as I would have liked, but it's clear to me that the Web 2.0/Office 2.0 gang isn't really capable of tackling this kind of opportunity, at least today. Part of the reason is that the solution set has to come from a very deep well of industry-specific knowledge, something I find largely lacking in most of the Web 2.0 products I've seen to date." The net enfolds the web... we're not only going beyond the browser, but we're also going beyond the computer. Sensors with IP servers are small enough to embed into any electronic device, and the whole world is getting wired. The interfaces to work with these sensors won't be bound to a desktop. Interfaces are easy to emulate when you have a decade of usage, but it's the small subtle points of the User Experience which control whether the entire interface is used or not... 90% of a job can be done in 10% of the time, but that last costly 10% is what determines the overall success of the job.
Posted by JohnDowdell at October 13, 2006 8:56 PM