Description: The internet of things has seen the number of connected devices skyrocket in the last few years. But being connected does not mean that the devices have content that people want to actually see, use, and experience. We will explore the trend of using centralized content delivery systems to drive the internet of things and provide compelling experiences for all.

1. Controlling Anarchy in the
Ecosystem:
Centralized Content for the
Internet of Things
July
12,
2013
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by:
Tomas
Puig
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@tnpuig#ecothings

2. Anarchy in the Ecosystem
Introduction
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3. Where are we going?
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4. Where are we going?
Very few people live
in a single device
world anymore.
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5. Where are we going?
The days of
audiences
viewing content
on only a
desktop are
dying:
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Tomas
Puig
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6. Where are we going?
There will be about fifteen billion devices
connected by 2015, and around forty billion devices
by 2020. - Cisco
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Puig
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7. Where are we going?
By 2020 nodes/sensors will account for the majority
(60 percent) of the total installed base of IoE
(Internet of Everything) devices. - ABI
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Puig
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8. Where are we going?
That means 16 BILLION devices will need content
in 2020.
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9. Where are we going?
All these devices require content...
Where will all this content come from?!
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10. Where are we going?
According to
Flurry:
- If you want to reach
80% of the current
mobile device market
you need to support
156 device models.
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Tomas
Puig
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11. Where are we going?
In the modern day fresh content is driven by a
singular content source.
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12. Where are we going?
I believe open source is the answer!
AndWordPress will be coming out and serving even
more audiences and devices.
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Puig
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13. Where are we going?
Open source is making inroads into larger groups
often for a fairly simple reason.
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“At companies that aren’t among the top 25% of
technology users, three out of 10 IT projects fail on
average.”(1)
(1) King, Julia.“Survey shows common IT woes”, Computerworld, June 23, 2003
#ecothings

14. Where are we going?
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Puig
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15. Where are we going?
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Tomas
Puig
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Let’s look at this slide for some context
(Have you heard of WordPress?)
0 20 40 60 80
29.3
70.7
2010
Yes No
Methodology: Conducted by Google Consumer Surveys 7.25.13 - 7.27.13
Sample: USA National Adult Internet Population 1500 responses (+2.9 / - 2.8)
#ecothings

16. Where are we going?
Now imagine how many people are familiar with
usingWordPress...
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17. Where are we going?
As of yesterday there are
64,741,642 active
WordPress sites in the
world.(1)
It serves about 17% of the
sites on the internet.
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automattic.com -
83%
17%
#ecothings

18. Where are we going?
That’s a whole lot of users already trained on a
CMS. User acceptance is easy.
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19. Where are we going?
So initial content is now created first in open source
CMS’.Then will drive to the connected device
world.
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Puig
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20. Where are we going?
During the talk if you were there this is where i told
the funny story of prototyping a smart dog bowl in
six hours. I used Arduino, analog sensors,
SensorMonkey,WordPress, and Good Barber.
(It was a good story)
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21. SensorMonkey - sensormonkey.eeng.nuim.ie
Moving Arduino sensor systems into the cloud, then
into WordPress.
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22. EXAMPLE - GoodBarber - www.goodbarber.com
Feed pre-built native iOS and Android applications
from aWordPress plug in.
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23. Where are we going?
Soon open source will not only displays the web’s
content but drive to other systems as well.
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Tomas
Puig
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