apps – Page 2 – Steven Savage

I can't imagine what I'd do without the web. Research, news, game tips, general amusement, and more are all there online. Anyone can make a web page and create a new resource. The web is vital to what I do, to my life, to my job – and I imagine you're the same way.

However we also know the web has problems. We get bad pages and embed ads, corrupted sites and bad formatting. How many of us have a few ad blockers, script busters, and other tools to make web-surfing easier? How many of us sigh as we try and help our less computer-literate friends and relatives navigate the complexities of the modern web? The web, for all its benefits, is complicated in many ways that frustrate our enjoyment of it.

iPhone Apps. Android Apps. Google TV will have Apps. It seems everything is becoming an App.

Now I'm all for some interesting slang, but I think what we're seeing is something deeper here.

An "App" of course is short for Application, such as a Word Processor, only it seems the term is broadening. You can turn your book into an App, you can make an App that's a game, you can make an App that interfaces with Social Media services. It seems that the "App" really is a term for "something specific you do on a piece of technology."

I think this is great because it actually brings out an important truth about our media and our technologies – they're about doing things and getting information. It's all Apps.

The Web? There’s an App For That

Is Everything an App?