Building Open Platforms

Slide 1: Building Open Platforms

Slide 2: 3 Things

Slide 3: #1

Slide 4: http://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/1856663523/

Slide 5: http://flickr.com/photos/pmtorrone/2083016791/

Slide 6: Open could get you funded! http://flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/

Slide 7: Social Applications • Each with a few great features (UNIX philosophy) • Creating combined value • Building blocks for new value http://www.slideshare.net/stoweboyd/building-social-applications

Slide 8: My 20+ Social Networks

Slide 9: My 20+ Social Networks

Slide 12: More Networked Devices (and that's just one company)

Slide 13: "It's like flying on an iPhone!" http://flickr.com/photos/sathishcj/1868113345/

Slide 14: They all need... • Ways to share abstract information • Ways to communicate with people • Ways to know who someone is • Ways to know who someone knows • Ways to know what someone is doing

Slide 15: #2

Slide 16: http://flickr.com/photos/rutty/503238148/

Slide 17: Sharing Information

Slide 18: but we also need privacy

Slide 19: http://adactio.com/journal/1357

Slide 20: (emerging standard; "your valet key for the web")

Slide 26: They all need... • Ways to share abstract information • Ways to communicate with people • Ways to know who someone is • Ways to know who someone knows • Ways to know what someone is doing

Slide 27: "IM Wars"

Slide 28: Jabber / XMPP

Slide 29: Jabber / XMPP

Slide 30: Jabber / XMPP

Slide 31: Jabber / XMPP

Slide 34: They all need... • Ways to share abstract information • Ways to communicate with people • Ways to know who someone is • Ways to know who someone knows • Ways to know what someone is doing

Slide 35: Knowing Who You Are

Slide 36: 0 3,250 6,500 9,750 13,000 Se p '05 O ct N ov D ec Jan '06 Fe b M ar Ap r M ay Ju ne Ju ly Au g Se p O ct N ov D ec Jan '07 Fe b M ar Ap r (aka places you can login with OpenID) M ay Ju ne Ju ly Au gu Relying Parties st Se p O ct N ov D ec Jan '08 Fe b M ar Ap r OpenID 1.1 - As viewed by MyOpenID.com

Slide 39: The Microformat XFN if users want to link accounts, allow it...they may even link to your service from another profile

Slide 40: Adding XFN

Slide 43: They all need... • Ways to share abstract information • Ways to communicate with people • Ways to know who someone is • Ways to know who someone knows • Ways to know what someone is doing

Slide 44: Storing Relationships Social Networks FOAF XFN

Slide 45: Understanding Relationships

Slide 46: D EM O

Slide 47: D EM O

Slide 48: They all need... • Ways to share abstract information • Ways to communicate with people • Ways to know who someone is • Ways to know who someone knows • Ways to know what someone is doing

Slide 49: What You're Doing ... (lots of people fighting in this space)

Slide 50: They all need... • Ways to share abstract information • Ways to communicate with people • Ways to know who someone is • Ways to know who someone knows • Ways to know what someone is doing

Slide 51: #3

Slide 52: http://flickr.com/photos/alamagordo/184234177/

Slide 53: Open Platforms (my over simplification)

Slide 54: 1) provides or consumes useful APIs

Slide 55: 2) uses standards where they exist

Slide 69: Thanks! Questions? David Recordon david@sixapart.com