Meta trends - what have we learned?

Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 24, 2013 at 11:28 PM

jaslar wrote:

Hello jaslar,

good summary and interesting analysis!

>All of you are constantly on the alert for new tools. (That would
>be CRIMPing!) But what are you seeing about the evolution of those tools
>—and the trends in information management?

I often find that the “new tools” I find are not necessarily new to the world but they are new to me, and that the interesting tools are not necessarily the most recently created ones. There are a lot of oldies that are still goodies out there, to be discovered.

Also, I’m not sure if there is always an “evolution” out there. With the rise of smart phones, tablets and web apps there is also a push for the mass market, which brings a certain amount of dumbing down with it. This may lead/have led to sophisticated applications being abandoned and developer talent diverted away from the kind of software we’re interested in here.

Nevertheless, on the whole I’m optimistic, as I keep running into surprising and unexpected developments when I least expect it.

Happy holidays to all, and all the best in the New Year!