Vision
Technology that supports you
Mission
To provide a technology system to the world which:
How?: By uniting the power of many different open-source computer applications into one consistent, easy-to-use yet powerful application called 'Synthesystem'.
Current Goal (medium-term):
You can use just one application on your laptop, desktop or media centre computer to perform several of the most common tasks that you use your technology for. Why?:
In the longer-term I see a time when Synthesystem and all your data will be available to you not just on your laptop or desktop computer, but also on your mobile devices (such as your smartphone and tablet computer) and online via the web, so you can access your digital world anywhere with an internet connection and a web browser. In this future, whenever you edit any of your digital items, whether it be via your computer, mobile device or the web, Synthesystem will immediately synchronise the change you made so that your digital world remains consistent no matter how or from where you access it. You could edit one of your photos from your phone, then later when viewing the same photo online via the web you could easily undo the change right from our website. When you next looked at the photo on your phone, it would be back how it was originally before you first made the change. This kind of seamless approach is how Technaturally plans to put you first. You are in control, and your technology is a loyal and helpful servant to meet your needs, not the other way around.
Mission
To provide a technology system to the world which:
- Supports you in performing the most common tasks that technology is used for, such as creating, managing and enjoying media (photos, music, books, movies and TV shows), communicating (email, instant messaging, voice and video calling, online journalling), creating, managing and viewing professional and creative documents (word processing documents, spreadsheets, websites, presentations, drawings and databases).
- Helps you live a happy, prosperous and fulfilling life by integrating personal growth into your life in a fun, enjoyable and easy way, including:
- Identifying your core values
- Creating a vision of how you want your life to be based on those values
- Helping you to build positive habits that automatically lead you towards goals that fulfil your vision
- Is consistent, and therefore reliable and easy to learn
- Is intuitive, yet powerful
- Is accessible as many people as possible
- Works seamlessly across all kinds of technology: via a website, smart phones, tablets, laptop, desktop and media centre computers
- Is easy to build upon by others and whose power grows exponentially as it is built upon
How?: By uniting the power of many different open-source computer applications into one consistent, easy-to-use yet powerful application called 'Synthesystem'.
Current Goal (medium-term):
You can use just one application on your laptop, desktop or media centre computer to perform several of the most common tasks that you use your technology for. Why?:
- Consistency: learn something once and then use that knowledge over and over. This makes learning to use technology more intuitive, faster and more enjoyable! Synthesystem will significantly reduce the amount of time required to learn common tasks compared to using different applications for those same tasks, so you can spend more time using your technology instead of struggling with your technology. This leads to several advantages: lower cost of training employees for businesses, better health due to reduced stress, and, most importantly, happier people around the world!
- Compatibility: as Synthesystem grows, it will be capable of more and more tasks: viewing, editing and organising your photos; playing, organising and editing your music and videos, reading and organising electronic books, doing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphic design, email, web browsing, and much, much more. Because it is one system, you will be able to switch between these tasks seamlessly, no longer having to worry about compatibility issues
- Power: when a new, generic, feature is added to Synthesystem, it is immediately available 'across the board', meaning everywhere within Synthesystem. For example, it will be possible in a future version of Synthesystem indicate how much you like the media on your devices by choosing a rating out of 10 (1/10 is poor, 10/10 is excellent). In Synthesystem, unlike in other systems, this will not only apply to media such as music and photos, but to any item stored on your devices - word processing documents, games, website links, spreadsheets, and any other kind of thing that is stored as an item on your devices. This will let you choose your favourites from your different kinds of items, so that you can spend most of your time with the things you like the most - for example, seeing your favourite photos and listening to your favourite music. To show the advantage of taking a general approach, it means that it will let you search and filter the items on your computer in powerful yet easy ways, like "show me a slideshow of my favourite photos taken from 2010-2014 and play my favourite music to go with it" or "show me which CVs/résumés impressed me the most on my first review of the applicants for the new job".
In the longer-term I see a time when Synthesystem and all your data will be available to you not just on your laptop or desktop computer, but also on your mobile devices (such as your smartphone and tablet computer) and online via the web, so you can access your digital world anywhere with an internet connection and a web browser. In this future, whenever you edit any of your digital items, whether it be via your computer, mobile device or the web, Synthesystem will immediately synchronise the change you made so that your digital world remains consistent no matter how or from where you access it. You could edit one of your photos from your phone, then later when viewing the same photo online via the web you could easily undo the change right from our website. When you next looked at the photo on your phone, it would be back how it was originally before you first made the change. This kind of seamless approach is how Technaturally plans to put you first. You are in control, and your technology is a loyal and helpful servant to meet your needs, not the other way around.
John Gillanders
Director
Technaturally Ltd
Dunedin, New Zealand
Director
Technaturally Ltd
Dunedin, New Zealand