01 Apr 2004
On Situated Software - Designing For The Few?

Very interesting piece on software design: to some extent, consultants (like yours truly) have been doing this for years: crafting very specific solutions for a limited set of customers.

Clay Shirky has published a thought-provoking (and long) essay discussing the concept of 'situated software', musing on changes in software development, from general systems catering to thousands towards applications 'form-fitted' to small, specific groups and particular social contexts.

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