On Friday I was asked to give a presentation of Thingamy to an audience of non-techies.
My preparation and energy was a tad hampered by a bad cold and three days of non-stop meetings at SAP TechEd.
The presentation format was seven minutes which accentuated the issue of getting over a simple message of what Thingamy really is. No time for a half hour demo, no time to take the horse buggy and whip makers out on a ride in the Daimler automobile prototype in 1886.
But looking into baffled faces certainly kicks you into thinking mode. Lot's of ideas and paper use ensued.
Until this morning when my wife said the word, this is what Thingamy is:
Work processor.
Precisely, just like Word processors frameworks the smallish process of creating a letter or a report, Thingamy frameworks the somewhat longer processes of delivering a service or a product.
What do you think? Does it resonate?
+1
Posted by: Ian Prince | November 01, 2009 at 03:48 PM
My kind of comment! LOL
Added this to the T web site expanding the concept:
A Word processor adds a framework to the small process of writing a letter. It starts you out with a template suitable for the process at hand - letter, report, whatever - and lets you tweak the layout then allowing you to preview and lastly print it out. The Word processor handles all the nitty-gritty stuff like formatting for the printer and lets you focus on the actual task at hand, to create content.
Thingamy the Work processor adds a framework to the whole process of delivering a value, it be a service or a product. It starts out with a template closely suitable to your business process - project, legal advice, advertising, whatever - and lets you tweak the process. It automatically takes over the nitty-gritty stuff like creating reports and updates and delivers all information and task instructions to the right person in the right sequence so you can focus on the actual mission at hand, to deliver a value.
Posted by: sig | November 01, 2009 at 03:59 PM
Great way to describe Thingamy.
Posted by: Nigel James | November 01, 2009 at 04:45 PM
If you can make your presentations fit that label, then it's a great elevator pitch.
Posted by: John | November 09, 2009 at 08:52 PM
Ooh, but of course, at it with rolled up sleeves... :)
Trying out prezi.com BTW, really like it, fits my brain, non-linear big-picture-to-small-picture way of presenting.
Posted by: sig | November 09, 2009 at 09:30 PM
+1 from me too. Clicked straight away.
Posted by: Mike Jones | November 14, 2009 at 09:02 PM