The Age of the App Is Over
The App economy is also just a massive waste of human capital—just think about all the wasted time we have collectively spent engineering the same feature again and again for every new App, when we could have been crafting unique commands that users can choose to obtain a la carte.
UX Collective • The desktop metaphor must die
Most recently, I have been comparing the current AI frenzy to previous platform shifts and their aftermaths. For example, do you remember the explosion of applications in the early days of the iPhone? There were hundreds of apps that unleashed all sorts of superpowers, and then entire cohorts of these startups got destroyed every year at the Worldw... See more
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Work has successfully wrapped itself around shiny toys, all of which are housed in an even shinier phone. Whereas my old Blackberry was an unwilling leash handed out to me and my colleagues, the tools of today are gladly accepted and used by people all around the world. We willingly tether ourselves to the constant demands of the workplace, either ... See more
Lawrence Yeo • The Omnipresence of Work - More To That
a life well-lived means something a little different to almost everyone. So it seems a little funny that the software we use almost every waking hour has the same predetermined goals for all of us in mind.