] 30 years later were still looking at a screenful of icons that represent 'applications'
] windows purseued 'document' centric focus and it is now a defacto standard across os platforms
] In Windows Phone and Windows 8+ I can pin People to the Start Screen. It's a killer feature that no one talks about.
] Scotts - example of
] Scott provide the "Guthrie example" where he would like to
] # # - Ben Thompson of StaTechery provides some answers in his article apps-people-jobs-to-be-done on 'people based' UI vs 'task based' UI - Ben's response is in regards to the Facebook Home app, which is a Facebook based 'people centric' front-end app for your phone
] Ben show screenshots of how he has organized his apps drawer,
] then breaks the apps he has down by the 'jobs' that they do, he concludes his analysis saying that he has 80 jobs to be done and claims that only 4 of those 'jobs' are people based jobs,
[PROS - WHY]
] When I look at 40 of Bens list of '80 task based' apps
] from my perspective, I would consider ##/40 or (xx %) could benefit from being 'people centric' apps
*] why only 40/80 - i am not cherry picking the people centric apps to enhance my arguement, i am only using the ones that he lists in the article, instead of analyzing each of the icons on the screens (of which i am assuming there are 80)
[CONS - WHY NOT]
]
]
[WHERE]
]
[WHEN]
] case by case: Bens List # 2 -
] use my phone as a communications device
[EXAMPLE]
] this is a great example because
] the origin of a smartphone is a communications device
] he doesnt specify what type of communication he intends to make
Messaging – the second folder in the dock). You could make an argument for Twitter and email (the fourth folder in the dock), but for me those represent information and work, respectively. Still, three at most, although in the most important spot on my screen.
Facebook -
Contacts -
Social Media - the Social Networks folder on the third row, which is actually mostly alternative Twitter clients)
[Ben's list of 'jobs' to do apps]
] Keep current on news,
] use my phone as a communications device,
] track my time,
] track work and logistical information (email)
***
] Access websites directly,
] take pictures,
] get directions,
] track time,
] calculate numbers,
] translate Chinese,
] take notes,
] check up on friends (mostly my wife),
] control AppleTV,
] listen to music,
person, band, group,
] listen to podcasts,
person,
] track to-dos,
] read,
] work on this blog
***
] Get apps,
] look up words,
] look for places to eat,
] look up contact information,
] look at photos,
] access my files,
] check the weather,
] find new beer,
] look up scores,
] look for specific locations,
] find that web page that I opened from another app,
] approve my daughter’s jobs-to-be-done (how meta!)
***
] look up travel information;
] watch video;
] connect on specific social networks (or switch Twitter clients – again);
] go directly to specific web pages;
] waste time;
] entertain my daughter;
] entertain my son
[I ammended Ben's list of 'jobs' to do, with which ]