Web 2.0 as the Era of Interfaces
You know you have trouble when people start calling something a “buzzword” and a lot of folks have been calling “Web 2.0″ a buzzword lately. I don’t think it is one, or rather I think that what it refers to is a real thing. If we end up calling it something else, that’s fine, but [...]
You know you have trouble when people start calling something a “buzzword” and a lot of folks have been calling “Web 2.0″ a buzzword lately. I don’t think it is one, or rather I think that what it refers to is a real thing. If we end up calling it something else, that’s fine, but I believe that we’re seeing a huge shift right now: to the Era of Interfaces. (which may or may not be a buzzword in itself).
In this Era of Interfaces:
- There are two kinds of interfaces: interaction interfaces and programming interfaces
- The Interface is where Innovation Finds Value
- Attention is scarce, and therefore highly valuable
- There is a tension between centralizing knowledge and decentralizing knowledge
- Attention is not Automation
- People have little time to learn
- Fast Clarity is crucial
- Your Interface is your product
- You need to give up control in order to keep it
Those are a few of my posts dealing with this “era of interfaces”. Many more folks are writing about these sorts of issues, and I’m really glad about that. Just yesterday Richard MacManus wrote: Defining Web 2.0: The Community Way, which adds nicely to the conversation.
Buzzword, or not? | Bokardo Interface
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