May 26, 2009

What TweenBots Can Teach About Federating Tasks

So here’s the short version: Artist makes a cute little robot. Robot carries a flag with a destination written on it. Robot is set loose on the streets of New York City. Passersby see the little robot, figure out where it is going, and help redirect it towards its goal. Unfailingly, the robot always made it to its specified destination.

How does this relate to content workflows and federation of tasks? While I realize that picking up a little robot and pointing it the right way as it rolls down the sidewalk is very different from preparing a piece of content for multi-channel delivery, there are three main lessons I take away from the experiment:

Posted at 06:53 pm by Craig McEldowney


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