This is a very thoughtful and measured response to Alex’s post Platform Adjacency Theory.
Unlike Alex, the author doesn’t fire off cheap shots.
Also, I’m really intrigued by the idea of certificate authorities for hardware APIs.
I quite like the idea of broadcasting my URL from a friendchip bracelet.
This should be a lot more straightforward than process I linked to before.
Well, this is interesting! It turns out you can turn your laptop into a beacon for broadcasting a URL to devices that support The Physical Web.
An early look at the just-in-time interactions that Scott has been working on:
Nearby works like this. An enabled object broadcasts a short description of itself and a URL to devices nearby listening. Those URLs are grabbed and listed by the app, and tapping on one brings you to the object’s webpage, where you can interact with it—say, tell it to perform a task.
I think this is kind of brilliant.
Spimify your household with these bluetooth location stickers. Now you can google your shoes.
Scott writes up some of the things he talked about at the Breaking Development conference: the just-in-time interactions that are inevitable in a heavily-instrumented world.
I gotta get me one of these. Just think of the mashup potential!
This is really cool: a real-time map of bluetooth devices currently at the Reboot conference.