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Enterprise apps should be sexy / Jasmin Tragas — http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/12/10/enterprise-apps-can-and-should-be-sexy/
Operating Systems
Macworld redux — http://www.macworldencore.com/online/presentation.asp
Linux inside windows — http://www.andlinux.org/
iPhone to become direct MS Exchange clients — http://macwindows.com/news_iphone_exchangeclient.html
iPhone developer program — http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/
Music systems
Pandora does classical music — http://www.pandora.com/
Netflix prize — http://www.netflixprize.com/
Netflix prize Wired article — http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-03/mf_netflix
Obligatory 3D Internet
Circuit City — http://www.massively.com/2008/02/29/circuit-city-relaunches-in-second-life/
3D Internet clicks with BBC / Holly Stewart — http://w3.ibm.com/news/w3news/top_stories/2008/03/uknews_internetstrategyclicksatbbc.html
Linden Labs introduces HTML in SL — http://digado.nl/linden-lab-introduces-html-in-sl.html
Vbusiness and the 3D Internet / Mikael Haglund — http://www.publ.hj.se/diva/abstract.xsql?dbid=1160
Reaching haptic controllers — http://www.reachin.se/
Final Thoughts
Michael M. –> go Tar Heels! Beat Dook!
Matt –> Open AIM — http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/05/aol-gets-it-right-with-open-aim-20-embraces-meebo-and-ebuddy/
Michael R. –> ROWE launch kit — http://www.culturerx.com/
March 10th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Hey, guys! I had no idea that Jasmin had dobbed me in on Dogear, let alone that you guys had read my post. I’m hugely flattered that you think what I have to say was worthwhile.
It really is my very strong opinion that enterprise apps should bring a little joy into the lives of their users. I’ve seen so many big apps deployed in business and government where usability is a low or nonexistent consideration. There absolutely needs to be access to all the bells and whistles, but at the same time, users should never be overwhelmed by an application and it should be relatively simple for them to identify and execute the core tasks they have to do with the app.
There are a bunch of factors in making enterprise software usable (or unusable), and you could explore them for weeks (and researching and executing on that is a part of my job). I’d love to talk with you more about it.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Hi Stephen,
Glad you heard about the reference It is always great when we find such exciting posts / blogs and get to talk about them.
I absolutely agree with your comments on usability verses function blot!… Perhaps we can get you on the show some time.
Michael
March 12th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Michael, glad you liked my post. I’d be stoked to come on and talk with you guys!