Applications vs. Capabilities

You can design a system by creating applications, or you can design a system by building capabilities: I argue that we used to do the later, but since industrialism we’re doing more of the former, especially in libraries.

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1. presented at access 2009 october 2, 2009 peter rukavina http://ruk.ca/ creative commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada license
2. Applications vs. Capabilities (beta)
3. when designing a system you can...
4. build applications
5. build capabilities
6. the farm
11. flexible multi-use systems for multi-talented generalists
12. farmers do a lot of different stuff
13. build capabilities (to do this stuff...)
14. the factory
20. inflexible purpose- built systems for uni-talented specialists
21. factory workers do one thing, over and over
22. build applications (to make this possible...)
25. “Industrialism led not only to new machinery, but also to new ways of thinking and acting”
26. the systems design paradigm changed
27. Capabilities systems design paradigm
28. applications systems design paradigm
29. not opposites but sensibilities
30. capabilities interrelated malleable organic extensible invisible in the flow natural applications discrete manageable predictable billable obvious demarcated artificial
31. Capabilities systems design paradigm return to a
32. examples
33. unix command line (capabilities)
34. # grep os_fingerprint wifi.xml | sort | uniq -c 17 <os_fingerprint>Apple iPhone</os_fingerprint> 1 <os_fingerprint>Linux</os_fingerprint> 46 <os_fingerprint>Mac OS X</os_fingerprint> 27 <os_fingerprint>Windows XP</os_fingerprint>
35. copenhagen bicycle ramps (capabilities)
37. royal botanical gardens (applications)
42. charlottetown boulder park (capabilities)
44. library coffee shops (applications vs. capabilities)
48. broadband for pei (applications vs. capabilities)
51. flip mino (capabilities)
54. mogensen hanging stools (capabilities)
57. qTweeter (capabilities)
59. cisco vs. meraki (applications vs. capabilities)
61. Step 1 The PC you intend to use must be configured with a static IP address in the range of 10.0.0.2 to 10.0.0.30. Step 2 Make sure that the PC contains the access point image file (such as c1250-k9w7-tar. 124-10b.JDA3.tar in the TFTP server folder and that the TFTP server is activated. For additional information, refer to the "Obtaining the Access Point Image File" and "Obtaining TFTP Server Software" sections. Step 3 Rename the access point image file in the TFTP server folder. For example, if the image file is c1250-k9w7-tar.124-10b.JDA3.tar for an 12500 series access point, rename the file to c1250-k9w7-tar.default. Step 4 Connect the PC to the access point using a Category 5 (CAT5) Ethernet cable. Step 5 Disconnect power (the power jack for external power or the Ethernet cable for in-line power) from the access point. Step 6 Press and hold the MODE button while you reconnect power to the access point. Step 7 Hold the MODE button until the status LED turns red (approximately 20 to 30 seconds), and release the MODE button. Step 8 Wait until the access point reboots as indicated by all LEDs turning green followed by the Status LED blinking green. Step 9 After the access point reboots, you must reconfigure the access point by using the Web-browser interface or the CLI.
63. murphy’s community centre (capabilities)
65. prince edward island (capabilities)
67. flexible multi-use system for multi-talented generalists
68. my network (capabilities)
70. silverorange virtual studios barrett & Mackay robertson library loca lola design team the guardian casa mia Hamamoto Noriaki shauna mccabe cbc city cinema moses media peter lux confederation centre internetworks cows allan rankin elections pei aliant kingfisher kayaking Formosa tea house george campbell lm montgomery land trust
71. george campbell lm montgomery land trust silverorange virtual studios barrett & Mackay robertson library loca lola design team the guardian casa mia Hamamoto Noriaki shauna mccabe cbc city cinema moses media peter lux confederation centre internetworks cows allan rankin elections pei aliant kingfisher kayaking Formosa tea house
72. i offer my network a set of capabilities
73. my network offers me a set of capabilities
74. Applications vs. Capabilities
75. so what?
78. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 8
80. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 4
82. applications capabilities
85. run a book and reading management application if the library’s mission to...
86. extend society’s knowledge capabilities if the library’s mission to...
87. book & reading management application dictionary day armchair travel mark twain week knitting club baby lapsit pirate party puppet show extend knowledge capabilities how to podcast defeating DRM how google works editing wikipedia green screen shots vinyl to MP3 citizen protest howto
88. so...
89. Capabilities systems design paradigm return to a
90. we need to think less like...
93. and more like...
97. the nice thing is...
98. there is prior art...
99. Applications vs. Capabilities (the end)