Luam tawm, zoo li, thiab nrhiav tau: lub tsev kev qhib thiab curated ecosystem

Feem ntau cov ecosystems xws li app khw muag khoom yog tog twg los qhib los yog curated. Tab sis yog vim li cas muaj peev xwm tsis peb muaj ob? Zoo, peb ua tau — txhua yam koj xav tau yog peb verbs: luam tawm, nrhiav, thiab zoo li. Uas mus rau technology thiab lwm yam.

Feem ntau muaj ob qho kev xaiv thaum koj xav luam tawm ib tug app: luam tawm nws mus rau ib yam dab tsi zoo li lub iOS App khw (qhov uas cov neeg yuav nrhiav tau koj app, tab sis Kua reviewers yuav tsis kam lees koj cuav) los yog cia li muab tso rau koj lub website (qhov twg nws yog ib qho yooj yim mus luam tawm, tab sis yog tsis muaj guarantee leej twg yuav pom nws.) 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 thiab 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 luam tawm, nrhiav, thiab zoo li.

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 invaluable free tsim apps rau kawm ntawv qib siab

Ob peb xyoo dhau los kuv tau sau ntawv txog pab apps rau high school — tab sis tam sim no kawm ntawv qib siab nyob ntawm no, thiab nws coj ib tug tag nrho tshiab set ntawm xav tau. Txij li thaum Kuv tuaj txog ntawm Harvard, Kuv twb tau mus ua ntau, thiab kuv apps tau ua ntau dhau.

Cov tshiab apps yuav tsum khiav rau tag nrho cov platforms (Qhov rais, Mac, Android, iOS), sync seamlessly nruab nrab ntawm lawv, thiab pab kuv kom kuv cov ntaub ntawv ib lub koom haum. Lawv yuav tsum tau ntau yam, robust, thiab yooj yim-rau-siv. Thiab lawv yuav tsum tau free.

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

Making some new Android version names

Cute graphic of android version evolution
From Cupcake to Jelly Bean, Android’s gotten cuter every version.

Android, the open source operating system for phones/tablets, has become really well known for their incredibly cute version nicknameseach version is named after a dessert, and they go alphabetically. So far they’ve had Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, and KitKat (the latest one.)

Google must employ a team of geniuses to make these version names. So I’m going to try my hand at making some potential names. Here are a few I’ve thought of, in order:

  • Lemon Drop
  • Milkshake/Muffin

May the source be with you: an intro to open source software

Funny open-source cartoon with Tux
Open source software: anyone can edit it and make it even more awesome. Here’s a rundown of why.

Open source software. Sounds like another tech buzzword like agile development, MVC frameworks, waterfall models, and so on.

But really, it’s much more cool than all of those.

Simply put, open source software is software that anyone can edit. And because of that, it’s awesome. Read on to see how your favorite open source software (Firefox and Android, for example) works.

How it works

I think it’s easiest to explain open-source software with a little story. Get some popcornthis has action, drama, and copyright infringement.

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 (sorry, 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: