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Platforms in the hardware space
We truly live in an age of platforms. It is fascinating to see how smartly designed architectures can inspire the creation of all sorts of useful, and useless, applications.
In the software world, the examples are endless. Arguably, the true value of twitter today lies in the ecosystem of applications that have been built to help twitter users get more from their experience. Boxee’s recent app challenge spawned a range of tremendous applications built to bring yet more utility to an already essential TV viewing platform.
Investors are getting in on the action too - it came as no surprise that Tweetdeck just closed another $2M in funding - this for a company that makes a piece of free software that simply reorganizes the way twitter users interact with their followers.
What really fascinates me though is discovering examples of this ecosystem approach in the hardware world. The consistently brilliant Lomo are right there as ever.
After Kodak finally switched off the last Poloroid film production line last year, the photography community lamented the loss of an awesome format. I wondered when it would be back. Lomo have configured a new piece of hardware to attach to the back of their existing Diana line, which turns that camera into an instant, complete with poloroid-style film washes. Check out the examples here.
Essential purchase for any user of Lomo products.
