Comments on: On Open Platforms, Wifi, Home Automation, and Kitty Litter

By: Your Cat’s Litter Box Is Full! | Silicon Gulch

Your Cat’s Litter Box Is Full! | Silicon Gulch — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:33:28 +0000

[...] Battelle has an article where he’s talking about Kevin Ashton, who recently sold his company to Belkin, the computer [...]

By: Phil Simon

Phil Simon — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:47:00 +0000

The leaders at these companies understand that complacency is a killer. Larry and Sergey don’t want to wind up like Microsoft. Plus may not supplant Facebook anytime soon, but what if I had go off of the Google platform to be social? I may not come back.

By: johnbattelle

johnbattelle — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:41:00 +0000

Anyone can have a web page….

By: Phil Simon

Phil Simon — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:23:00 +0000

“Full” is a relative term though. I’m still impressed. When a clown like me has an app for iOS, they’re doing something right.

By: Marc's Voice » Second week of December 2012 blogging

Marc's Voice » Second week of December 2012 blogging — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:03:14 +0000

[...] John Battelle on open platforms [...]

By: johnbattelle

johnbattelle — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:41:00 +0000

Agreed, though I don’t think they’ve done it in a way that allows for full innovation to occur…yet.

By: Phil Simon

Phil Simon — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:25:00 +0000

This sums up my thoughts completely:

“If you can create a business in which other people’s business is adding
value to your product, more people will buy your product.”

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have all figured out ways to do this. It’s the biggest reason for their collective success.

Phil
http://www.theageoftheplatform.com