Over the past few months the Digital World have seen a revamp of a really complex suite of applications and technology models.
The world of media services is no longer what it used to be, and plain HTML, or its Dynamic sibling, no longer fits the bill for RIA. Even more we need to coined some new term that is even more wider and encompasses the real phenomenon we are living, and is what I think to be the rise of Rich Interactive Experiences (RIE).
Software for the desktop or a rich experience on the web should not be that hard to write nor to deliver and we should enforce the way the user interacts with it. User Experiences have gained lots of spaces with this saying and the iPod / iPhone fever has proved it.
People around the world is starting to see how this is the right way to go... give people the power... empower your people... maximize people's productivity... do not make them feel stupid!
A few years ago while in college, it came to my hands a book written by Arthur C. Clark called How the world was one; the book tells the history of modern communication, starting from the invention of the Telegraph, in 1858, to the years when Satellites were put in orbit during the World War II... he tells how during that time, 1957, he saw a world that was solely interconnected. Anywhere. Anyhow and... sighs, One.
Years have passed ever since, and nowadays the world is living a similar revolution. The world is being reconquered, the difference is that today you and I are part of the equation, and not only the military is not running the show, but rather every single human-being with access to a computer is doing it, by accessing a cellphone, a laptop, a kiosk on an airport, a UPMC on the go, a TV, a game console, a refri, or just by posting a photo thru your regular desktop set with an Internet connection... we are just been a small but critical part of that big network of information. That cell goes by the name of the Web 2.0.
Although, there is a second difference to this awakening. Differing from decades ago, the user community nowadays expects great experiences, starting from the first community released version they want to feel empowered. They want to feel they are smart... they want to start a wow!
Today the user community is more knowledgeable, they have realized that they own the power. They are the ones that ultimately will end up giving money away in exchange for those services, so why should one allow for crappy applications?!
With this post I am starting a new section of this blog. This section will be called How The World Was One (HTWWO), in reference to that notion that years ago Dr. Clarke had, that: The World Was One.
I will start introducing tools and interconnect them with our day to day life, our digital way of life... I will cover services and thoughts that will day by day help us realize of how different our world gets; and how it redefines the statement of being ONE.
Hope you will enjoy this as much as I do while I write it.
Cheers!
Update: Seems like I am not alone in this battle, here, Ethan Eismann ends with a similar resolution of were the world is moving to, and funny enough it is RIE were he thinks we are moving to.Technorati tags: HTWWO, Web2.0, User Experience, RIE, Rich Interactive Experiences, Arthur C. Clarke, Products, How-to
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