Foilsigh, cosúil le, agus a fháil: tógáil éiceachóras oscailte agus ina choimeádaí

An chuid is mó éiceachórais nós siopaí app ceachtar oscailt nó feighlithe. Ach ní féidir cén fáth go bhfuil muid araon? Bhuel, is féidir linn — Tá gach ní mór duit na trí briathra: a fhoilsiú, aimsiú, agus cosúil le. A théann le haghaidh teicneolaíocht agus aon ní eile.

De ghnáth, tá dhá rogha nuair is mian leat app a fhoilsiú: sé a fhoilsiú le rud éigin cosúil leis an iOS App Store (i gcás ina mbeidh daoine teacht ar do app, ach is féidir léirmheastóirí Apple dhiúltú d'aighneacht) nó díreach é a chur ar do láithreán gréasáin (i gcás ina bhfuil sé éasca a fhoilsiú, ach ní bheidh aon duine ar bith ráthaíocht é a fheiceáil.) 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 agus 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 a fhoilsiú, aimsiú, agus cosúil le.

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 táirgiúlacht saor in aisce luachmhar do choláiste

Cúpla bliain ó shin scríobh mé faoi apps úsáideach le haghaidh scoile ard — ach anois tá coláiste anseo, agus tugann sé sraith iomlán nua de éilimh. Ós rud é Tháinig mé ar Harvard, Tá mé go raibh níos mó a dhéanamh, agus tá mo chuid apps a bhí níos mó a dhéanamh freisin.

Ní mór na apps nua reáchtáil ar gach ardán (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS), info seamlessly eatarthu, agus cabhrú liom a choinneáil ar mo sonraí a eagraithe. Ní mór dóibh a bheith versatile, láidir, agus éasca le húsáid. Agus tá siad a bheith saor in aisce.

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 saor in aisce, 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 (tá brón orainn, 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: