One other note I want to clear out is a Mobile Lifestyle Manifesto I fancied writing. I kinda never finished it, though its been kicking around for a very long time.
So I thought in true Lazy Web style, I’d ask folks to add to it or point to similar ones so that we can create one that we all want to believe in.
Mobile Lifestyle Manifesto
- We are 3 billion strong, respect us – you serve us, you help us.
- We are not consumers, but active participants in our lives.
- We want to actively connect and communicate with others, not passively receive.
- Content is not the end point, but also the start and the middle, too – a catalyst for conversation.
- Don’t let technology interfere, we want to do things that just work, not fiddle, even if we know what we need to fiddle with.
- Keep us happy, or we will look for happiness elsewhere.
- My life is hyperconnected – a lot of stuff coming in and a lot going out. I have no problem with this, so don’t mess my flow, but be a part of it.
- Keep everything I do smooth, easy, beautiful, and simple.
- Show me the seams: Don’t obscure things either by making them too complex or too simple.
- Help me when I’m mobile. Help me when I’m not. Give me the right metaphors for the right moments – don’t mix them up.
Please feel free to add to this.
