Comments on: The Big Switch

By: Getting the clouds to rain (add value) | Craig's Musings

Getting the clouds to rain (add value) | Craig's Musings — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:59:00 +0000

[...] the keynotes this morning, Ray Ozzie suggested that cloud (or utility) computing is materially different than past innovations upon which it rests since it is focused on [...]

By: Craig Randall

Craig Randall — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:28:09 +0000

In one sense, I tend to view user experience (i.e. application behavior perceived by a human being) as follows: {everything {customization {configuration {personalization}}}} (e.g. configuration (i.e. declarative variance in overall UX) is a subset of customization). So, I agree that you can apply the dial metaphor it multiple scopes (e.g. via a template to constrain a line of business, via a collection of "presets" on a per-role basis, etc.). You may find it useful to read this earlier post of mine (i.e. scroll down past the folder list graphic to the visualization periodic table reference).

By: nriddell

nriddell — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:46:02 +0000

Hi Craig, a good thought provoking piece. One of the things that occurred to me about your dial metaphor around generalising customer requirements needs is: wouldn’t it be interesting if you could auto-generate a new UI experience for each user/role based upon this type of dial approach – selected by each user/role or manager. Probably lead to some interesting interfaces – but doable – maybe……