June 25th, 2009
Prior Art for the iPhone?
Did the iPhone infringe on a 400+ year-old design?
I was in the Amsterdam Historical Museum the other day in Amsterdam. In one tall, remote room, I looked up and spied this painting (see attached photo - courtesy of TechVentive, Inc.). It looked remarkably like that of an iPhone display. What do you think?
Look Familiar?
Seriously, I couldn’t help but remember that old patent maxim that there are no new ideas. Everything we create today is ‘built on the shoulders of giants’. Maybe the iPhone UI owes something to the Great Dutch Masters….
This blog explores the intersection set between services and technology. If it impacts either space, it will be covered here. Brian Sommer is a former Accenture partner. He did an 18-year tour of duty there and ran three small practice units (Finance Center of Excellence, HR Center of Excellence and Software Intelligence). He’s sold service projects in almost every continent and remains just as current on both services and technology today as ever before. Brian is currently CEO of TechVentive, a strategy consultancy servicing technology providers, and a research analyst with Vital Analysis. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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