Simplicity
Attending WITI (Women in Technology International) this year in the Heart of Silicon Valley it strikes me that with all the discussion regarding the Internet of Things, the Internet of Everything and the passing of Machine to Machine language that the future can really be summed up by the word Simplicity.
If we think back to the days of the Internet's invention way back in the early 80's long before Al Gore invented Pants, we had to know and understand line commands that were unique to the people in IT. I recall my first email in Zenix, RRoberts!write'Hey, where is my code, why isn't it checked in?' or something of the sort.' (Please forgive if it's not absolutely correct from a syntext perspective, it's been 30 years.)
As an avid cook, Simplicity to me means that perfect set of seasonal ingredients- it's a vine ripe tomato with a perfectly created burrata cheese and freshly picked basil. Sea salt and black pepper with a little olive oil. These ingredients work together because it combines what our palate's crave. We want salt, sweet, acid to balance the creaminess of the burrata and the sweet 'grassiness' of basil just ties a bow on the whole experience.
It is the same level of connecting things that have different origins (dairy meets garden) that the Internet of Things/Internet of Everything is about. The simplicity of being able to order a plant hanger, a big screen television and a book about sausage making all in the same place. Making problem solving easy or at least more simple is the key to product success. Those solutions that simply tie unthought of combinations together. At last year's conference we got to see the Google Car a true example of 'connectedness'. Tying car computers, GPS and state highway systems together in a way we couldn't imagine prior. (Yes, we imagined it while we watched the Jetson's but those were flying cars.)
Simply connected.
Attending WITI (Women in Technology International) this year in the Heart of Silicon Valley it strikes me that with all the discussion regarding the Internet of Things, the Internet of Everything and the passing of Machine to Machine language that the future can really be summed up by the word Simplicity.
If we think back to the days of the Internet's invention way back in the early 80's long before Al Gore invented Pants, we had to know and understand line commands that were unique to the people in IT. I recall my first email in Zenix, RRoberts!write'Hey, where is my code, why isn't it checked in?' or something of the sort.' (Please forgive if it's not absolutely correct from a syntext perspective, it's been 30 years.)
As an avid cook, Simplicity to me means that perfect set of seasonal ingredients- it's a vine ripe tomato with a perfectly created burrata cheese and freshly picked basil. Sea salt and black pepper with a little olive oil. These ingredients work together because it combines what our palate's crave. We want salt, sweet, acid to balance the creaminess of the burrata and the sweet 'grassiness' of basil just ties a bow on the whole experience.
It is the same level of connecting things that have different origins (dairy meets garden) that the Internet of Things/Internet of Everything is about. The simplicity of being able to order a plant hanger, a big screen television and a book about sausage making all in the same place. Making problem solving easy or at least more simple is the key to product success. Those solutions that simply tie unthought of combinations together. At last year's conference we got to see the Google Car a true example of 'connectedness'. Tying car computers, GPS and state highway systems together in a way we couldn't imagine prior. (Yes, we imagined it while we watched the Jetson's but those were flying cars.)
Simply connected.
