Tag Archive for 'business'
Facebook is launching their Facebook Platform today. This thing has the potential to be huge. Log-in and have a look at your dashboard, on the left sidebar is a newly added (as in today) control where you can control what apps you use in your profile. This is a brilliant move, giving users control before third parties start developing apps - no doubt learnt from the previous mishap of developing the news-feed without giving users privacy controls first. Platform is essentially an API with deeper access to data, it also allows full integration of your app to the users dashboard. However, the idea comes with danger; the platform needs to be managed with caution. I hope Zuckerberg and co know what they are doing, and can be trusted - spam or malicious apps will drive users away, fast.
Personally I’m wishing for Wordpress integration for photo’s - somehow I don’t see a long wait. Think of the possibilities: digg, del.icio.us, webmail etc etc integrated on your account. I’m looking forward to the creativity this sparks.
Update: I just found the wordpress plugin I wished for, I didn’t even need to wait, or wish for that matter. All I had to do was look for it. Have a poke around, ther seems to be some cool stuff there already.
I’ve long held the belief that simplicity is the key to good design & engineering. This does not mean simple equals useless. My favorite Einstein quote sums it up quite well “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” I often find it is much harder to simplify, rather than complicate. I say, simplify for the challange.
37signals has based their business model on simple. Brilliant. In evaluating their philosophy, I came to realize that simple can really be applied to more than design, here it is applied to business. Why not entertainment? Why not taste? Why not style? Why not life? Why not?
