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Umcimbi obizwa nge-GeekCon uba minyaka yonke emagcekeni esikhungo sezemidlalo sase-Israel iWingate Institute. Umcimbi wokumema kuphela, futhi njengoba negama liphakamisa, abahambele i-GeekCon bangabathandi bobuchwepheshe kuphela. Umbhali kanye nomxhasi wephrojekthi ngu-Eden Shochat. Uphinde wavakashela i-Wingate Institute ngo-Okthoba 2009 futhi wabuka ngokuthakasela ukhukhulelangoqo wezinto ezimangalisayo nezingenanjongo zobuchwepheshe zababambiqhaza.

Umbono oqine kakhulu ku-Shochat wenziwa ngu-Alice - intombi ehlakaniphile yocansi eyayikwazi ukukhuluma futhi iphendule ngisho nomnikazi wayo. Njengoba u-Eden Shochat asheshe afunda, u-Alice wadalwa yiqembu eliholwa ngumgebenga ongekho emthethweni oneminyaka engamashumi amabili nanhlanu u-Omer Perchik. Shochata Perchik waba nesithakazelo ngokushesha. Wabazisa ubunjiniyela bakhe, kodwa ngaphezu kwawo wonke amakhono akhe obuholi. U-Omer Perchik ukwazile ukuhlanganisa iqembu lezihlabani zephrojekthi ewubuwula kakhulu emhlabeni. La madoda amabili ahlala exhumana, futhi ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, uPerchik wabelana ngezinhlelo zakhe zokwenza enye iphrojekthi nomngane wakhe omusha.

U-Omer Perchik (kwesobunxele) enkonzweni ye-Israel Defence Forces

Ngalesi sikhathi bekuyiphrojekthi ebucayi kakhulu, umphumela wayo kwakuwukudala isethi yezinhlelo zokusebenza zeselula zokukhiqiza. Okokuqala ku-ajenda kwaba uhlu lwezinto okufanele zenziwe. Inguqulo ye-beta yesofthiwe ye-Perchik yayisivele ihlolwa ngamakhulu ezinkulungwane zabasebenzisi be-Android ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa u-Perchik wayefuna ukusebenzisa ulwazi lwakhe olusha ukuze aqale phansi futhi abhale kabusha uhlelo lokusebenza ngokuphelele. Kodwa-ke, kuthatha imali encane ukudala uhlu oluhle kakhulu lokwenziwa nokuletha umbono omusha kumathuluzi okukhiqiza eselula. Umthombo wabo kwakufanele kube nguShochat, futhi ekugcineni kwakungeyona isamba esincane. U-Perchik uqashe ithimba lezihlakaniphi zezempi kulo msebenzi ophikweni lwezempi lwase-Israel 8200, olulingana ne-American National Security Agency. Futhi le yindlela eyakhiwe ngayo incwadi yomsebenzi yenguquko ye-Any.do, esilandwe izigidi zabantu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi ukubukeka kwayo kukhuthazwe ngokuphawulekayo nayi-iOS 7.

I-Unit 8200 iyisevisi yezobunhloli bezempi futhi inokuvikelwa kwezokuphepha kuzwelonke encazelweni yayo yomsebenzi. Ngenxa yalezi zizathu, amalungu oPhiko, isibonelo, aqapha ngokucophelela futhi ahlaziye idatha evela ku-inthanethi kanye nabezindaba. I-Unit 8200, nokho, ikude nomkhawulo ekubonweni futhi yabamba iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwe-cyberweapon ye-Stuxnet, ngenxa yokuthi imizamo yenuzi yase-Iran yacekelwa phansi. Amalungu oPhiko acishe abe yizinganekwane kwa-Israel futhi umsebenzi wawo uyancomeka. Baziwa ngokuyisisekelo ngokubheka izinaliti kuma-haystacks. Kugxiliswe kubo ukuthi bangafeza noma yini futhi izinsiza zabo ziningi. Ilungu leqembu elineminyaka engu-XNUMX ubudala litshela umphathi walo ukuthi lidinga i-supercomputer futhi uzoyithola phakathi nemizuzu engamashumi amabili. Abantu abakhule kancane basebenza nezikhungo zedatha zamandla angacabangeki futhi basebenze kumaphrojekthi abaluleke kakhulu.

U-Perchik empeleni uthole uxhumano lwakhe ku-Unit 8200 phakathi neminyaka yakhe yomfundi. Ubephuma njalo eyozijabulisa nomngani wakhe u-Aviv, owangena e-Unit 8200. Esikhathini esivamile sokudakwa ngaphambi kokuya ekilabhini yokudansa, uPerchik wazithola esendlini ka-Aviv futhi wamtshela ukuthi akezanga nje ukuzophuza namuhla. Ngalesi sikhathi u-Perchik akazange ahlele ukuya emdanso, kodwa wacela u-Aviv uhlu lwabalingani bakhe futhi wanquma ukuzungeza futhi abahlole. Waqala ukuqasha amalungu eqembu kuphrojekthi kaPerchik.

Ngaphambi kokuthi uhlelo lwephrojekthi ye-Any.do luzalwe ekhanda lakhe, uPerchik wafunda ibhizinisi nomthetho. Wenze imali eyengeziwe ngokudala amawebhusayithi nokwenza ngcono izinjini zokusesha zamabhizinisi amancane. Ngokushesha waba nesithukuthezi ngalo msebenzi, kodwa ngokushesha wajatshuliswa umqondo wokwenza ithuluzi elihlakaniphile, elisheshayo nelihlanzekile lokuphatha imisebenzi yakhe. Ngakho ngo-2011, Perchik waqala ukuhlanganisa iqembu lakhe ngosizo Aviva. Manje inabantu abangu-13, ingxenye yabo evela ku-Unit 8200 eshiwo ngenhla. U-Perchik wethula umbono wakhe eqenjini. Wayefuna okungaphezu kohlu lwezinto okufanele azenze. Wayefuna ithuluzi elinamandla elingagcini nje ngokuhlela imisebenzi, kodwa futhi lisiza ekuqedeni kwabo. Isibonelo, uma ungeza umkhiqizo ohlwini lwezinto zokwenziwa zephupho lika-Perchik, kufanele ukwazi ukuwuthenga ngokuqondile kuhlelo lokusebenza. Uma usebenzisa uhlu olunjalo lokuzokwenziwa ukuhlela umhlangano, kufanele ukwazi, ngokwesibonelo, uku-oda itekisi kuhlelo lokusebenza ukuthi ikuyise kulowo mhlangano.

Ukwenza lokhu kwenzeke, u-Perchik kwakudingeka athole ochwepheshe ekuhlaziyeni umbhalo obhaliwe, kanye nomuntu ongakha i-algorithm ngokuvumelana nezidingo zakhe. Ngaleso sikhathi, umsebenzi kusixhumi esibonakalayo somsebenzisi usuqalile. U-Perchik ekuqaleni wanquma ukukhetha i-Android ngoba ekholelwa ukuthi unethuba elingcono lokugqama futhi ahehe uquqaba kuleyo nkundla. Zisuka nje, u-Perchik wayefuna ukugwema noma yikuphi ukusikisela kwe-skeuomorphism. Iningi lezincwadi zokuzivocavoca emakethe lizame ukulingisa amaphedi wephepha wangempela kanye nezincwadi, kodwa uPerchik wanquma indlela engajwayelekile ye-minimalism nobumsulwa, obuhambisana kakhulu nohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Windows Phone ngaleso sikhathi. Ithimba likaPerchik belifuna ukwenza igajethi ye-elekthronikhi ukuze isetshenziswe nsuku zonke, hhayi ukulingisa okwenziwa yihhovisi.

Imali eyinhloko yenguqulo yamanje yencwadi yomsebenzi ka-Perchik ethi Any.do iwumsebenzi othi "Noma yini-ke umzuzu", ozokukhumbuza nsuku zonke ngesikhathi esimisiwe ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuhlela usuku lwakho. Nge-"Noma yini yokwenza", umsebenzisi kufanele ajwayele uhlelo lokusebenza futhi alwenze umngane wakhe wansuku zonke. Uhlelo lokusebenza futhi lugcwele ukuthinta kokuthinta futhi imisebenzi ingafakwa ngezwi. I-Any.do yethulwa ku-iOS ngoJuni 2012, futhi manje uhlelo lokusebenza lunokulandwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-7 (kuzo zombili i-Android ne-iOS zihlangene). Idizayini eyisicaba, ehlanzekile nesimanje yohlelo lokusebenza nayo yadonsa ukunaka kwe-Apple. Ngemuva kokuhamba ngenkani kukaScott Forstall, uJony Ive wahola ithimba obekumele lidale inguqulo entsha nesimanjemanje ye-iOS emile, kanti i-Any.do kwathiwa ingesinye sezicelo ezimtshela ukuthi ikuphi lapho iphuma khona. ukubukeka kwe-iOS kufanele kuhambe. Ngokungeziwe ku-Any.do, ochwepheshe babheka uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Rdio, i-Clear kanye negeyimu ye-Letterpress njengemikhiqizo yokuklama ekhuthaza kakhulu ye-iOS 7.

Lapho i-iOS 7 yethulwa ngoJuni, yashaqeka ngezinguquko ezinkulu kanye nokusuka ngokuphelele kufilosofi yokuklama yangaphambilini. Uhlobo lwemali lwe-iOS 7 "luncane kakhulu" namafonti amahle kakhulu, ubuncane bemihlobiso kanye nokugcizelelwa kokuncane nokulula. Azisekho zonke izinto ezithatha indawo yesikhumba, iphepha, nendwangu eluhlaza yebhiliyadi eyaziwa nge-Game Center. Ezindaweni zabo, izindawo ezingaphezulu ze-monochromatic, imibhalo elula kanye nezimo zejometri ezilula zivele. Ngamafuphi, i-iOS 7 ibeka ukugcizelela kokuqukethwe futhi ikubeka kuqala ngaphezu kwe-fluff. Futhi ifilosofi efanayo ncamashi yayiphethwe yi-Any.do.

NgoJuni, uPerchik nethimba lakhe bakhiphe uhlelo lwesibili lwe-iOS olubizwa ngeCal. Ikhalenda elikhethekile elikwazi ukusebenzisana ne-Any.do, okuthi ngokomklamo nokusetshenziswa lilandele yonke imizila abasebenzisi abayithanda ngohlu lwemisebenzi ye-Any.do. Ithimba lihlela ukuqhubeka nokwakha izinhlelo zokusebenza ezikhiqizayo, ngezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-imeyili namanothi njengelinye ithuluzi elihleliwe.

Uma ithimba elilandela i-Any.do lifinyelela kusisekelo sabasebenzisi esibanzi, ngokuqinisekile lizothola indlela yokwenza imali, nakuba zombili izinhlelo zokusebenza esezikhishiwe kakade zitholakala ukuze zilandwe mahhala. Isibonelo, enye yezindlela zokuzuza kungaba ukubambisana nabathengisi abahlukene. Ukubambisana okunjalo sekuqalile kakade, futhi manje sekungenzeka uku-oda amatekisi nge-Uber futhi uthumele izipho nge-Amazon kanye nesiphakeli se-Gifts.com ngokuqondile ohlelweni lokusebenza lwe-Cal. Kunjalo, uCal unekhomishini yokuthenga. Umbuzo uthi abantu bazifuna kangakanani izinhlelo zokusebenza ezifana ne-Any.do. Le nkampani yathola isigidi samadola kumtshali-zimali oshiwo ngenhla u-Shochat nabanye abaxhasi abancane emuva ngo-2011. Enye i-$3,5 million yangena ku-akhawunti yeqembu ngoMeyi. Kodwa-ke, uPerchik usazama ukuthola abanikeli abasha futhi wasuka kwa-Israyeli waya eSan Francisco ngale njongo. Kuze kube manje, kungashiwo ukuthi bagubha impumelelo. Umsunguli we-Yahoo uJerry Yang, umsunguli we-YouTube u-Steve Chen, owayeyisisebenzi esibalulekile se-Twitter u-Othman Laraki kanye no-Lee Linden abasebenzela i-Facebook basanda kuba ngabasekeli abanamasu.

Nokho, amandla emakethe awakaqiniseki. Ngokwenhlolovo ka-Onavo, alukho uhlelo lokusebenza lokuzokwenziwa oluphumelelayo ngokwanele ukuthi lungathatha okungenani iphesenti elilodwa lama-iPhone asebenzayo. Lolu hlobo lwesoftware luvele lwesabise abantu. Lapho nje imisebenzi eminingi ibaqoqela yona, abasebenzisi bayesaba futhi bancamele ukususa uhlelo lokusebenza ukuze bathole ukuthula kwengqondo. Inkinga yesibili ukuthi umncintiswano mkhulu futhi ngokuyisisekelo akukho sicelo salolu hlobo esikwazi ukuzuza noma yiluphi uhlobo lokubusa. Onjiniyela kwa-Any.do bangashintsha isimo nge-imeyili yabo ehleliwe kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza zamanothi. Ngakho-ke izodala iphakheji eyinkimbinkimbi eyingqayizivele yezinhlelo zokusebenza ezixhumene, ezizohlukanisa le mikhiqizo ngayinye emncintiswaneni. Iqembu selingakwazi ukuziqhayisa ngempumelelo ethile kanye nokubaluleka okukhulu kwe-Any.do ye-iOS 7 kungafudumeza inhliziyo yalo. Onjiniyela banezinhlelo ezinkulu zezinhlelo zabo zokusebenza, ngakho-ke masibabambele mathupha.

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