Publicar, com, i trobar: la construcció d'un ecosistema obert i comissariada

La majoria dels ecosistemes, com ara botigues d'aplicacions estan obertes o comissariada. Però per què no podem tenir les dues coses? Bé, podem — tot el que necessita és tres verbs: publicar, trobar, i com. Això va per la tecnologia i tota la resta.

En general, hi ha dues opcions a l'hora que desitja publicar una aplicació: publicar-lo en una cosa semblant a l'App Store de iOS (on la gent va a trobar la seva aplicació, però els col·laboradors d'Apple poden negar la seva presentació) o simplement posar-lo al seu lloc web (on és fàcil per publicar, però no es garanteix que ningú ho veurà.) Not the greatest set of options.

Isn’t there a way to combine the strengths of both of these to make for the best possible experience for both publishers and consumers? I think there is. It’s called an open and curated ecosystem. Let’s take a look at:

  • What open i curated ecosystems are
  • Examples of open and curated ecosystems
  • What you need to make an open and curated ecosystem
  • Examples of these ecosystems beyond just technology

and see if we can discover something about the power of crowdsourcing, innovation, and the three verbs publicar, trobar, i com.

Curated vs. open ecosystems

The iOS App Store and open internet, among others, are app ecosystemsplaces where apps can be published and found. And I think the big factors that differentiate one ecosystem from another are whether the ecosystem is open, where anyone can publish apps and whether it is curated, where the best apps rise to the top and users are assured quality apps. That’s the major difference between the iOS store and the internet at large, which I mentioned earlier.

Let’s look at examples of curated and open ecosystems and what differentiates them.

5 inavaluables aplicacions de productivitat gratuïtes per a la universitat

Fa uns anys vaig escriure sobre aplicacions útils per a l'escola secundària — però ara la universitat aquí, i porta un nou conjunt de demandes sencer. Des Vaig arribar a Harvard, He hagut de fer més, i els meus aplicacions han hagut de fer més també.

Aquestes noves aplicacions necessiten executar-se en totes les plataformes (Finestres, Mac, Androide, iOS), sincronitzar sense problemes entre elles, i ajudeu-me a mantenir la meva dades organitzades. Han de ser versàtil, robust, i -Fàcil d'utilitzar. I han de ser lliure.

With that in mind, here are the five apps that I’ve relied on most at Harvard and that I recommend to anyone in college or anywhere else in life. They’re ranked in order of usefulness.

Evernote, Wunderlist, Mailbox, Sunrise, Pocket
5 lliure, essential apps for college: Evernote, Wunderlist, Mailbox, Sunrise, and Pocket.

Can’t get enough Angry Birds? Play it online

Playing Angry Birds 1-1
A red bird crashing into a structure, killing a pig in the process

If your phone’s battery keeps dying on you because you spend all your time playing the wildly popular mobile game Angry Birds (or if you’re too cheap to buy Angry Birds), you should be pretty excited about this latest development.

You can now play Angry Birds online here. Here’s what you need:

  1. A decent browser (més sobre això més endavant)
  2. Adobe Flash (trist, iDevice users)

As the URL (chrome.angrybirds.com) might hint, Angry Birds works best in Chrome. I’ve tried it on several browsers and here’s what I’ve found: