The Proliferation of Platforms: A great fog facing the modern developer.
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The Proliferation of Platforms:
A great fog facing the modern developer
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The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build.
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Fred Brooks
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Early Platforms:
Games: Midway, Nintendo, Client (Windows)
Commerce: Inventory (database driven)
Phone: Nokia, Motorola
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Commerce: Web, Mobile (hyper-meta based)
Phone: iOS, Android, RIM
Games: Web, Mobile, Steam (on top of client)
Contemporary Platforms:
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Examples
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iTunes
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iTunes
Continues to beat web-based streaming services.
What enabled success?
Something to do with possession.
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Mint.com
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Mint.com
Released at a time when client software was go-to for personal finance.
What enabled success?
Web enabled syncing.
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Tapulous
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Tapulous
Entered very speculative market.
What enabled success?
Embraced interface.
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Greplin Demo
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Greplin
First instinct would have been mobile.
What enabled success?
PC is still primary device.
Originated when founder couldn't find address for party on phone.
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WDTD?(What's a developer to do?)
Greplin: Where is this address?
Mint: Why isn't my accounting up to date?
iTunes: How do people interact with their music?
Where is this data stored?
Why isn't this synced?
Where is it easiest to transfer data between hardware?
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Thank you.