Building
on the
Shoulders
of Giants
@media 2008 London – May 29/30, 2008

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GetSnitter.com
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MyMileMarker.com
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DjangoPlugables.com
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Overheard.it
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Culture
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Developers like to
reinvent the wheel
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Linux Distributions
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Lightbox Matrix
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Designers like to reuse
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Developers need to think
more like designers
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Tools
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Frameworks
Ruby on Rails
Django
CakePHP
CodeIgniter
Zend Framework
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JavaScript
jQuery
Prototype
ExtJS
Mootools
YUI
Dojo
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CSS
Meyer Reset
YUI CSS Grids
Blueprint
960.gs
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Platforms
Adobe AIR/Flash/Flex
Microsoft WPF/Silverlight
Java/JavaFX
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Language of Mashups
REST, XML-RPC, SOAP
JSON, XML, Flash
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Flash?!
Built-in Socket support
Flash/JavaScript bridge
Binary transfer format
Charting, IMAP and other
SoundManager / sIFR / File Upload
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Types of Data
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Location
Maps (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft)
Crime Database (Everyblock)
Real Estate (Trulia)
GPS
FireEagle
BrightKite
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Time
Lifestreams
(combining blogs, comments, flickr, twitter…)
FriendFeed
Jaiku
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Relationships
Social Networks
(flickr, twitter, jaiku, youtube, digg)
LinkedIn
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Downfalls
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“Dynamic” APIs
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Service Availability
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Middleman
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Benefits
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Well-tested
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Speed Up Development
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Solve problems outside of
original solution
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It’s about IDEAS!
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Ideas
Get them out fast
Iterate fast and often
See what works
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How fast?
Push out ideas in hours
instead of days, weeks, or months
DjangoPlugables
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You can DO IT!
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Slides and Links
http://snook.ca/atmedia08/
Building on the Shoulders of Giants