Cyhoeddi, fel, a dod o hyd: adeiladu ecosystem agored a guradwyd

Mae'r rhan fwyaf o ecosystemau megis siopau app naill ai'n agored neu curadu. Ond pam na allwn gael y ddau? Wel, gallwn — i gyd ei angen arnoch yw tri berfau: cyhoeddi, dod o hyd i, a fel. Mae hynny'n wir am dechnoleg ac unrhyw beth arall.

Fel arfer, mae dau opsiwn pan fyddwch am i gyhoeddi app: gyhoeddi i rywbeth fel y App Store iOS (lle y bydd pobl yn dod o hyd i'ch app, ond gall adolygwyr Apple gwadu eich cyflwyniad) neu dim ond yn ei roi ar eich gwefan (lle mae'n hawdd i gyhoeddi, ond does dim sicrwydd y bydd unrhyw un yn ei weld.) 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 a 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 cyhoeddi, dod o hyd i, a fel.

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 apps cynhyrchiant rhad ac am ddim amhrisiadwy ar gyfer y coleg

Ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl, ysgrifennais am apps defnyddiol ar gyfer yr ysgol yn uchel — ond erbyn hyn y coleg yma, ac mae'n dod yn ei gyfanrwydd set newydd o alwadau. Ers Cyrhaeddais yn Harvard, Rwyf wedi cael i wneud mwy, ac mae fy apps wedi gorfod gwneud mwy hefyd.

Mae angen i'r rhain apps newydd rhedeg ar bob llwyfan (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS), cydamseru ddi-dor rhyngddynt, ac yn fy helpu i gadw fy trefnu data. Mae'n rhaid iddynt fod yn amryddawn, gadarn, a hawdd-i'w-ddefnyddio. A rhaid iddynt fod yn rhad ac am ddim.

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 rhad ac am ddim, 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 (more on that later)
  2. Adobe Flash (Mae'n ddrwg, 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: