Opening up the web

Openinguptheweb

Thepast,presentandfutureoftheweb

INTRODUCTION

JamesBroad

•  Yahoo!ismyhome?•  WebDeveloper

•  Finance.yahoo.comiswhatIworkon

•  Carbonsilk.com–myblog

Howluckyarewe?

•  Technologicaladvances– SatelliteNavigaJon– MobilePhones

•  Findinganewhome

•  Sharephotoswithfamilyonothersideoftheworld–instantly

•  TheInternetanditsopenstandards…

THEWEBOVER10YEARSAGO

Yahoo!1994Homepage

Thewebbackthenwas…

•  Mostly‘readonly’•  In1996therewere~45millionglobalusers

•  Focusedoncompanywebsites

•  Homepages

•  Portals•  Basicwebforms

•  Netscape&IE

ADVANCESOVERTHEYEARS

My,theadvances!

•  JavaScript•  PHP,ASP,JSP,Django•  XML,RSS,JSON•  WebServices•  CommuniJes•  Tagging&Metadata•  WebapplicaJons•  Theweboftoday

Thewebin2008

•  The‘Read&Write’web•  Around1.46billionglobalusers•  Openfocus– OpenSocial– OpenId&OpenAuth

•  AdverJsing–contextual&relevant•  OnlineVideo•  Maps

OPENINGUPTHEWEB

Howdoweexploittheweb

•  WebServices•  API’s–YQL•  AccessibilityStandards‐WAIARIA

•  Microformats

•  CloudcompuJng

•  OpenSource

THEWEBFORTOMORROW

Thefutureoftheweb

•  3billionusers?•  Focusedontheuser•  SemanJcInformaJon

•  Deviceindependent•  Manymoredevicesconnectedtotheweb

•  CloudcompuJng

•  Moresensorstotheweb

THANKS!

JamesBroad

Carbonsilk.com

Developer.yahoo.com