Kuchapisha, kama, na kupata: kujenga mazingira ya wazi na curated

Mazingira na viumbe hai wengi kama vile maduka ya programu ni aidha wazi au curated. Lakini kwa nini hawawezi tuna wote? Vizuri, tunaweza — wote unahitaji ni verbs tatu: kuchapisha, kupata, na kama. Kwamba huenda kwa ajili ya teknolojia na kitu kingine chochote.

Kawaida kuna chaguzi mbili wakati unataka kuchapisha programu: kuchapisha kitu kama iOS App Store (ambapo watu watakuwa kupata programu yako, lakini Apple reviewers anaweza kukataa kuwasilisha yako) au tu kuiweka kwenye tovuti yako (ambapo ni rahisi kuchapisha, lakini hakuna mtu dhamana utaona hilo.) 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 na 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 kuchapisha, kupata, na kama.

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 mchango mkubwa sana bure programu tija kwa ajili ya chuo

miaka michache iliyopita niliandika kuhusu programu muhimu kwa ajili ya shule ya sekondari — lakini sasa chuo ni hapa, na huleta nzima mwezi seti ya mahitaji. Tangu Mimi aliwasili katika Harvard, Nimepata kufanya zaidi, na programu yangu alikuwa na kufanya zaidi pia.

Hizi programu mpya haja ya kukimbia kwenye majukwaa yote (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS), kusawazisha seamlessly kati yao, na msaada kwangu kuweka yangu data kupangwa. Wanapaswa kuwa versatile, robust, na rahisi kutumia. Na wao kuwa bure.

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 bure, 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 (pole, 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: