This presentation discusses the potential future of the Internet.

1. The future of the Internet
Elaine Garcia

2. The Internet is
8344
days old
today!

4. The Internet has grown up……

5. …..and contributed to the
advancement of humanity

6. THE FUTURE(?)
ROGER MCNAMEE
TED TALK
6 WAYS TO SAVE THE INTERNET
Analogue Sheep

7. #1
Windows
is
dying

8. Windows share of Internet
connected devices
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2014
96%
<20%
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/by-2014-less-than-20-of-devices-connected-to-the-internet-will-powered-by-windows/14478

9. #2
The
Index
search
has
peaked

10. Where we now search….

12. #3
Apps
beat
Web

13. #4
HTML5
Changes
everything

14. Some examples of HTML5
• http://www.pascalvangemert.nl/#/profile
• http://www.mibox.mx/
• http://cyclemon.com/
• http://journey.lifeofpimovie.com/#!/waves

15. #5
Tablets
win
big

16. http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=1&qpf=1

17. #6
Social is a sideshow

18. • Shares started at $10, reached $14.50 now $2.97
• Zynga’s Q2 2012 earnings report failed to meet
analyst projections for revenue and earnings.
• Zynga has been taking steps to cut expenses and
expand its business into areas such as licensed
board games, online gambling, its own gaming
platform (Zynga.com), and mobile game apps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga

19. THE FUTURE
WILL BE DIFFERENT
PEW INTERNET RESEARCH
CENTRE
Electric Sheep

21. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27740545

22. WEARABLE
COMPUTING

23. COMPLICATED &
UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES
‘We will live in a world
where many things won’t
work and nobody will
know how to fix them.’

24. PRIVAC
Y

25. UNCONNECTED
=
DISENFRANCHI
SED

26. Image References
• Early Websites: http://www.electronicproducts.com/News/Then_vs_now_Evolution_of_12_popular_websites.aspx
• Keyboard Cat: http://www.catgifpage.com/keyboard-cat
• Sheep Gif: http://giphy.com/gifs/lvWUWxFnKvGU0
• Electric Sheep: http://youtu.be/rEVaxgg2kEo
• Index Cards: Hawkexpress https://flic.kr/p/hMCFX
• Broken Window: Breanna Agnor https://flic.kr/p/k3SHF
• Web: Images by John K https://flic.kr/p/5RgD34
• Apple: Paul Williams https://flic.kr/p/JMpS1
• Sideshow: Wally Gobetz https://flic.kr/p/WV3gi
• HTML5 book: Jeremy Keith https://flic.kr/p/8dZBvP
• 22nd Birthday Cake: _Ina_ https://flic.kr/p/4tJSot
• Ikettle: http://www.firebox.com/product/6068/iKettle?itc=612&utm_source=newsletter&utm_
• medium=email&utm_campaign=TOP10FORMAY_728&src_t=nwt&src_id=728&via=NL_row&NL_pos=1
• Big Brother: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1984-Big-Brother.jpg?uselang=en-gb
• Wall-e: Don https://flic.kr/p/4QKf8W
• Google Glass Wearer: Loic Le Meur:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/A_Google_Glass_wearer.jpg
• Smartwatch: Genoist: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Pebble_Smart_Watch.jpg
• Sony Smart Band: http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/smartwear/smartband-swr10/
• Disenfranchised:
Maltelundenhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Pictogramme_of_disenfranchisement.jpg

27. Other References
• Roger McNamee – 6 ways to save the Internet:
www.ted.com.talks/roger_mcnamee_six_ways_to
_save_the_internet
• PEW Research Internet Project:
www.pewinternet.org/2014/05/14/summary/

28. Contact
Elaine Garcia
Head of Blended Learning & Digital Development
Plymouth College of Art
egarcia@pca.ac.uk
@ela1negarc1a