Mark Surman, Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation, keynote speech to the staff, council and mayor of Toronto City Hall during the City of Toronto Web 2.0 Summit.

1. a city that thinks like the web

2. a city that thinks like the web

3. a city that thinks like the web

4. citizen mark surman indian road

5. my point:

6. my point: openess and participation created a better internet.

7. my point: openess and participation created a better internet. they can also create a better city .

8. openess and participation created a better internet.

9. openess and participation created a better internet. mozilla helped.

10. 1998

11. 1998 mel lastman is mayor toronto amalgamated exxon buys mobil microsoft goes to court france wins the world cup

12. 1998 mel lastman is mayor toronto amalgamated exxon buys mobil microsoft goes to court france wins the world cup and the web is in danger

13. 1998 the web is in danger the mozilla project is born

14. 1998 the web is in danger the mozilla project is born The Mozilla project is a global community of people who believe that openness , innovation , and opportunity are key to the continued health of the Internet.

15. The Mozilla project is a global community of people who believe that openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the Internet. public benefit

16. open source

17. together we rebuilt the platform, rebuilt the browser, improved the web, got things moving open source

18. together we rebuilt the platform, rebuilt the browser, improved the web, got things moving open source

19. together we rebuilt the platform, rebuilt the browser, improved the web, got things moving open source

20. together we rebuilt the platform, rebuilt the browser, improved the web, got things moving open source

21. together we rebuilt the platform, rebuilt the browser, improved the web, got things moving open source

22. together we rebuilt the platform, rebuilt the browser, improved the web, got things moving using openness and participation open source

23. Mike Connor, Developer 1

24. Mike Connor, Developer Firefox dev team 60

25. Mike Connor, Developer Firefox dev team 60 Daily contributors 100s

26. Mike Connor, Developer Firefox dev team 60 Daily contributors 100s Contributors 1000s

27. Mike Connor, Developer Firefox dev team 60 Daily contributors 100s Contributors 1000s Beta testers 500,000+

28. Mike Connor, Developer Firefox dev team 60 Daily contributors 100s Contributors 1000s Beta testers 500,000+ Daily users 60 million

29. participate (>180,000,000)

30. we encouraged people to participate

31. we encouraged people to participate

32. we encouraged people to participate

33. we encouraged people to 1000s of people participate

34. we encouraged people to $200,000 participate

35. we encouraged people to a bet on openness participate

36. we encouraged people to this is the logic of the web participate

37. we encouraged people to this is how the web thinks participate

38. we encouraged people to this is how the web thinks it makes the web better participate

39. this is how the web thinks it makes the web better we encouraged people to participate

40. we encouraged people to this is how the web thinks it makes the web better participate

41. we encouraged people to this is how the web thinks it makes the web better participate

42. this is how the web thinks participate

43. … to create a better city ? can we ask people to participate

44. … to create a better city ? online can we ask people to participate

45. yes!

46. and it's already happening in cities around the world yes!

47. example:

48. www. fixmystreet .com example:

49. www. fixmystreet .com

50. www. fixmystreet .com

51. www. fixmystreet .com

52. www. fixmystreet .com

53. very low cost citizen run useful www. fixmystreet .com

54. very low cost citizen run useful participatory and open www. fixmystreet .com

55. example:

56. www. google .com/ transit example:

57. www. google .com/ transit

58. www. google .com/ transit

59. www. google .com/ transit

60. www. google .com/ transit

61. useful open mashable www. google .com/ transit

62. useful open mashable “ It is free - all you need to do is share your data ” www. google .com/ transit

63. example:

64. www. appsfordemocracy .org example:

65. www. appsfordemocracy .org

66. www. appsfordemocracy .org

67. www. appsfordemocracy .org

68. www. appsfordemocracy .org

69. $20k citizen ideas city benefits www. appsfordemocracy .org

70. $20k citizen ideas city benefits participatory and open www. appsfordemocracy .org

71. examples:

72. examples: futuremelbourne.com.au myttc.ca everyblock.com chidataexchange.net crazedmonkey.com/toronto-transit-map granicus.com diycity.org ubalt.edu/bnia adullact.org govloop.com zelea.com/project/votorola/ change.gov

73. examples: futuremelbourne.com.au myttc.ca everyblock.com chidataexchange.net crazedmonkey.com/toronto-transit-map granicus.com diycity.org ubalt.edu/bnia adullact.org govloop.com zelea.com/project/votorola/ change.gov

74. examples: futuremelbourne.com.au myttc.ca everyblock.com chidataexchange.net crazedmonkey.com/toronto-transit-map granicus.com diycity.org ubalt.edu/bnia adullact.org govloop.com zelea.com/project/votorola/ change.gov commonspace.wordpress.com

75. what do all these sites have in common?

76. what do all these sites have in common? created by citizens , companies and communities that want a better city

77. city hall didn't do the heavy lifting what do all these sites have in common? created by citizens, companies and communities that want a better city

78. city hall didn't do the heavy lifting web 2.0

79. web 2.0 … is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an architecture of participation and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.

80. web 2.0 … is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users , while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an architecture of participation and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.

81. web 2.0 … is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an architecture of participation and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.

82. participation and openess

83. represent a huge opportunity to make our city better participation and openess

84. represent a huge opportunity to make our city better … and city hall doesn't need to do the heavy lifting participation and openess

85. we just need to start thinking like the web

86. 3 ideas

87. 1. open our data . 3 ideas

88. 1. open our data . transit. library catalogues. community centre schedules. maps. 311. expose it all so the people of Toronto can use it to make a better city. 3 ideas

89. 1. open our data . transit. library catalogues. community centre schedules. maps. 311 . expose it all so the people of Toronto can use it to make a better city. 3 ideas

90. 1. open our data . transit. library catalogues. community centre schedules. maps. 311. expose it all so the people of Toronto can use it to make a better city. do it now. 3 ideas

91. 2. crowdsource info gathering that helps the city. 3 ideas

92. 2. crowdsource info gathering that helps the city. somebody would have FixMyStreet.to up and running in a week if the Mayor promised to listen. 3 ideas

93. 2. crowdsource info gathering that helps the city. somebody would have FixMyStreet.to up and running in a week if the Mayor promised to listen. encourage it. 3 ideas

94. 3. ask for help creating a city that thinks like the web. 3 ideas

95. 3. ask for help creating a city that thinks like the web. copy Washington, DC's contest strategy. 3 ideas

96. 3. ask for help creating a city that thinks like the web. copy Washington, DC's contest strategy. launch it at BarCamp. 3 ideas

97. radical

98. "... use cutting-edge technologies to create a new level of transparency, accountability, and participation for citizens." radical

99. "... use cutting-edge technologies to create a new level of transparency, accountability, and participation for citizens." http://change.gov/agenda/technology_agenda/ radical

100. we can make a city that thinks like the web

101. you just need to ask us to help we can make a city that thinks like the web

102. mark surman executive director mozilla foundation [email_address] this deck @ www.slideshare.net/msurman

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