Jeremy Zawody provies a useful annotation of Tom Coates’s Future of Web Apps presentation. Jeremy writes that his version is “translated for Product Managers.” I’d have to argue that the translation is less important than two other benefits.
- Pulling information from the data island that is PDF.
- Shorter is better. The answer to Media-induced ADD… the new MADD.
Thanks.
The only amused quibble I would have is with calling out del.icio.us as a readable URLs. Yes, the paths after the domain itself are beautiful and hackable. But let’s all move over to delicious.com, shall we? Of course, at this point the URL with its own geek cred is part of the brand, really, just like the dropped vowl is for Flickr.
Note: I pay attention to these things because jealous of these URLs. CNET’s CMS has painful URLs, no doubt about it. Adding legible text to the paths didn’t help much, as they are still not hackable or guessable. I would love quantifiable evidence about why making a transition to new URLs would be worth the massive redirects and more… because I’ve been tempted to make this plunge for years, but the unknown cost-benefit makes it a pipe dream for now.