Image via WikipediaMark Shuttleworth was one of three opening day speakers at OSCON. During his talk, he used a phrase that really resonated with me
Architect for innovation
He said this in the context of building a platform that allowed others to be innovative, e.g. Firefox and it’s plugin architecture. I immediately texted myself that phrase. As life scientists, we really lack such platforms. One reason I liked Pipeline Pilot when I saw it was because, it was like a drawing board for ideas. Cytoscape has that potential (although could be easier to use), as does Taverna, although it’s a little heavy too. Bioclipse probably falls into that category as well.
Next time a company, or a developer goes about developing a software suite for molecular modeling, or expression analysis or whatever, keep that phrase in mind, architect for innovation
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Old, but still interesting: The architecture of participation
Meryn
Thanks. Still very relevant
Old, but still interesting: The architecture of participation
Meryn
Thanks. Still very relevant
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