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