[vos-d] How to host a product design dinner party

[Len Bullard]

You know more about that niche than you think you do.  Figure out what VOS
trades with.  Transactions determine niche boundaries and more.

len

-----Original Message-----
From: vos-d-bounces at interreality.org [mailto:vos-d-bounces at interreality.org]
On Behalf Of Reed Hedges
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 3:27 PM
To: VOS Discussion
Subject: Re: [vos-d] How to host a product design dinner party


We don't know what our niche is yet.  We have one main domain (3D)
and a secondary domain (Web) but there might even be others.
Actually when we first began this several years ago, we knew  someone
who knew someone intersted in building factory tracking systems, though
we ended up not really considering that at the time.  At one point I
wanted to do wireless self-organizing sensor networks-- I still think
that will be an emerging realm of innovation but I know that VOS is
not a good fit for its requirements.

I think we have some vague ideas on what we want our specific niches 
within 3D to be-- Peter and I may not even be able to explain it 
well yet.

So, we're just trying to implement what we can, so we can show it to
people and eventually find a niche.

Reed


On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 11:22:10AM -0500, Len Bullard wrote:
> The urge to focus on one single application is normal, but if you are
> building a toolkit such as VOS, it would be deadly.  You're doing the
right
> thing, but it violates two of the web myths: easy and simple.  Simplistic
> analogies will sell it perhaps, but don't get trapped by your own press.
> VOS won't be a tool everyone can use.  The niche that can can do a lot
with
> it.  I think that is Reed's point, yes?
> 
> len

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