There’s a great article over at A List Apart called What I Learned About the Web in 2011. It’s full of insights about what the web has become and how we are shaping it.

One of the insights that really struck me was Whitney Hess’ observation about how ‘context is king’:

The most important thing that 2011 taught me about web design is that physical context of use can no longer be assumed by platform, only intentional context can … increasingly the lines are blurring on where devices are being used and how they’re being used in unison … I have learned to see devices as location agnostic and instead associate them with purpose – I want to check (mobile), I want to manage (desktop), I want to immerse (tablet).

Pondering this idea spurred me to create a graphic expressing this idea. So, without further ado, forget about location, it’s all about device purpose.