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
   

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2. Applications
   vs.
   Capabilities
   (beta)
   

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3. when
   designing
   a system
   you can...
   

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4. build
   applications
   

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5. build
   capabilities
   

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6. the farm
   

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11. flexible multi-use
    systems for
    multi-talented
    generalists
    

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12. farmers do a lot of
    different stuff
    

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13. build
    capabilities
    (to do this stuff...)
    

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14. the factory
    

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20. inflexible purpose-
    built systems for
    uni-talented
    specialists
    

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21. factory workers
    do one thing,
    over and over
    

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22. build
    applications
    (to make this possible...)
    

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25. “Industrialism led
    not only to new
    machinery,
    but also to
    new ways of
    thinking and acting”
    

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26. the
    systems
    design
    paradigm
    changed
    

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27. Capabilities
    systems design paradigm
    

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28. applications
    systems design paradigm
    

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29. not
    opposites
    but
    sensibilities
    

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30. capabilities
    interrelated
    malleable
    organic
    extensible
    invisible
    in the flow
    natural
    applications
    discrete
    manageable
    predictable
    billable
    obvious
    demarcated
    artificial
    

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31. Capabilities
    systems design paradigm
    return to a
    

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32. examples
    

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33. unix
    command line
    (capabilities)
    

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34. # grep os_fingerprint wifi.xml | sort | uniq -c
    17 Apple iPhone
    1 Linux
    46 Mac OS X
    27 Windows XP
    

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35. copenhagen
    bicycle ramps
    (capabilities)
    

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37. royal botanical
    gardens
    (applications)
    

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42. charlottetown
    boulder park
    (capabilities)
    

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44. library
    coffee shops
    (applications vs. capabilities)
    

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48. broadband
    for pei
    (applications vs. capabilities)
    

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51. flip mino
    (capabilities)
    

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54. mogensen
    hanging stools
    (capabilities)
    

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57. qTweeter
    (capabilities)
    

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59. cisco
    vs. meraki
    (applications vs. capabilities)
    

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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.
    

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63. murphy’s
    community
    centre
    (capabilities)
    

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65. prince edward
    island
    (capabilities)
    

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67. flexible multi-use
    system for
    multi-talented
    generalists
    

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68. my network
    (capabilities)
    

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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
    

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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
    

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72. i offer my network
    a set of
    capabilities
    

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73. my network offers
    me a set of
    capabilities
    

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74. Applications
    vs.
    Capabilities
    

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75. so what?
    

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82. applications
    capabilities
    

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85. run a book and
    reading
    management
    application
    if the library’s mission to...
    

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86. extend
    society’s
    knowledge
    capabilities
    if the library’s mission to...
    

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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
    

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88. so...
    

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89. Capabilities
    systems design paradigm
    return to a
    

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90. we need to
    think less
    like...
    

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93. and more
    like...
    

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97. the nice
    thing is...
    

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98. there is prior art...
    

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99. Applications
    vs.
    Capabilities
    (the end)
    

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