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Computer product support: ideas for the future

Perhaps the most notable characteristic of computer product support is inefficiency. For example:

  • User Manuals are time-consuming to create, difficult to understand, and widely regarded as not worth reading.
  • Same problems are solved over and over by each new user.

    Information flow

  • Programmer to {documentation,tech support}

    Tools

  • support brokerage
  • reputation of user and support personnel

    Infrastructure

    INCOMPLETE

    Business model

    INCOMPLETE

    Side-effects, blue-sky

    INCOMPLETE

    Scenarios

    I can't actually tell whether I have an idea or not. Let's say I have a problem plugging in something ...

    INCOMPLETE