Opening up the web
The past, present and future of the
web

INTRODUCTION

James Broad
• Yahoo! is my home?
• Web Developer
• Finance.yahoo.com is what I work on
• Carbonsilk.com – my blog

How lucky are we?
• Technological advances
– Satellite NavigaJon
– Mobile Phones
• Finding a new home
• Share photos with family on other side of the
world – instantly
• The Internet and its open standards…

THE WEB OVER 10 YEARS AGO

Yahoo! 1994 Homepage

The web back then was…
• Mostly ‘read only’
• In 1996 there were ~45 million global users
• Focused on company websites
• Homepages
• Portals
• Basic web forms
• Netscape & IE

ADVANCES OVER THE YEARS

My, the advances!
• JavaScript
• PHP, ASP, JSP, Django
• XML, RSS, JSON
• Web Services
• CommuniJes
• Tagging & Meta data
• Web applicaJons
• The web of today

The web in 2008
• The ‘Read & Write’ web
• Around 1.46 billion global users
• Open focus
– OpenSocial
– OpenId & OpenAuth
• AdverJsing – contextual & relevant
• Online Video
• Maps

OPENING UP THE WEB

How do we exploit the web
• Web Services
• API’s – YQL
• Accessibility Standards ‐ WAI ARIA
• Microformats
• Cloud compuJng
• Open Source

THE WEB FOR TOMORROW

The future of the web
• 3 billion users?
• Focused on the user
• SemanJc InformaJon
• Device independent
• Many more devices connected to the web
• Cloud compuJng
• More sensors to the web

James Broad
Carbonsilk.com
Developer.yahoo.com
THANKS!