Thursday, March 07, 2013

I'll Bet This Class Has a Wait List...

In Fall 2007 over the objection of administrators who thought it wasn't scholarly enough, Stanford University offered a class on brainstorming, developing and marketing Facebook apps. It turned out to be remarkably successful. Numerous students developed popular, money-making apps, some having their creations purchased by larger tech companies.

The story of this Stanford class was recently told in a New York Times article sent to Your Humble Blogger by MC101 Student Dominique Garcia. Thanks Dominique!

Questions...

•Name some apps that you like. Describe what they do.

•Think about Functional Analysis. How is the development of these apps a reflection of the Macro point of view? And how does it also incorporate the micro point of view?

•If you create a facebook app, what would it be? Who will be your target audience?

•If your app is successful, would you sell it? Why or why not?

•Can the small, quick development model discussed in this article be adapted to Google Glass and other wearable technologies? How?

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