tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886631232648136204.post6102844395767996916..comments2021-01-09T06:26:05.409-08:00Comments on The World of Interactivity VIKAS JOSHI: The future of interactivityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886631232648136204.post-46901986193447498762009-08-29T23:55:14.955-07:002009-08-29T23:55:14.955-07:00Vikas, I agree. Yes, the world is flat, and gettin...Vikas, I agree. Yes, the world is flat, and getting flatter. What we are observing here is a mass democratization where the gatekeepers in all fields are increasingly irrelevant because there are so many channels – so many ways around them. We are already seeing broader platform support. Even the mighty Microsoft is losing its grip of control. The web is the platform. Windows doesn't matter so much. You can emulate it on a Mac, Unix, or open source machine, or you can bypass it completely because the browser (or iPhone, or Wii) is the operating system. Software as a Service (SaaS) is also contributing to the great decentralization. Formerly imbedded applications now reside on a cloud where they can be designed or modified by the user or customer. So, even enterprise applications become more fluid, adaptable and responsive to what the user's or the customer's wants and needs. As programming no longer requires programming, the universe will expand in unimagined ways. An explosion of creativity and ideas will emerge. Traditional roles and structures will change, collapse, or explode to be replaced by new and better solutions that are the children of interactivity. Those who cling to central planning and control will be shrugged off or left behind. The key is flexibility, adaptability, and speed to competency. Up until recently, our technology and our media resided in a kind of box that put a frame around the way people worked, acted, and interacted. The trends you highlight point to the destruction of these limits where interactivity is not just nice to have, it is the catalyst of growth and regeneration. In this context, what Marshall McLuhan famously said has never been truer, "The medium is the message."Joe Novoselhttp://learningorg.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886631232648136204.post-30661393418584278182009-07-24T02:54:58.401-07:002009-07-24T02:54:58.401-07:00This is brilliant, I presume this means everyone c...This is brilliant, I presume this means everyone can be a publisher. Imagine the amount of content being made available. This also means that the content which is not instantly involving will lose out. And the battle to build fan followings for ones content will be more intense than ever.Neel Vartikarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372268244313670481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886631232648136204.post-41328193510826779482009-07-13T03:11:50.161-07:002009-07-13T03:11:50.161-07:00Vikas, Truly useful set of predictions there. They...Vikas, Truly useful set of predictions there. They offer a great deal of information on where the next-gen applications should be headed. I was just wondering if Mobile Based interaction deserve a mention here either independently or as a sub-point, though there is a alluding reference to it in your blog. It does seem like a formidable carrier.Amit Kaveeshwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980100317459485725noreply@blogger.com