“Technology is best when it brings people together.” WordPress’ Founder, Matt Mullenweg, told TechCrunch his underlying philosophy throughout its decade-plus run as a company. Coding is arguably the most indispensable and accessible skill to learn in the 21st century. Yet, for the majority of people, code represents a foreign language they can’t comprehend. The work published on this medium, though, gravitates to any number of communities. As an open source blogging platform, WordPress serves as a pillar for journalism everywhere. Mullenweg realized early on, when writing the software, the importance to leave this property open for developers. By doing so, WordPress became a gateway for a lot of them to form their own websites as they desire, which, in turn,...
Niche social networks could very well be the way of the future. People want to be around others that are like-minded and share their experiences with them. Forums of any subject or hobby have long existed since the dawn of the internet.
Some are diluted like what pervades the medical arena, yet others like the sneaker-head community thrive in hubs evident in NikeTalk. The latter of which touches on the realistic promise attainable through cultivating discussion and tools that caters to them.
App: Sporting Club Uphoria
Developer: Sporting Innovations
One of the first apps from Sporting Innovations, SportingClub Uphoria was designed to give fans unique and meaningful digital interactions once they enter the stadium. For now, it is unique to Sporting Park in Kansas City, but the application’s technology can be applied in the future to other stadiums. Inside the app, fans have the ability to:
