Presentation to the Connect IT Conference at Ryerson University in Toronto. Participants were senior students in IT management.

1. hi

2. hi
mark surman

3. mark surman
mozilla

4. the open web
is your future

5. the open web
is your future
or, “how to build a
successful career,
and have fun,
turning users
into hackers”

6. my point:

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

8. my point:
these values will shape
your career, and the future

9. my point:
you need to understand
and be these values

10. <start>

11. the web we love

12. the web we love

13. the web we love

14. what makes
the web we love?

15. the web we love is
open

16. the web we love is
participatory

17. the web we love is
hackable

18. hackable
users can make the web they
want.

19. hackable
users can make the web they
want. extreme configurability.

20. the web we love is
hackable
and your job is to keep it that way

21. <history>

22. 2003

23. 2003
arrow II on flickr
source: never was an
concorde makes final flight
second iraq war starts
human genome completed
int'l year of freshwater
australia wins cricket world cup

24. 2003
arrow II on flickr
source: never was an
concorde makes final flight
second iraq war starts
human genome completed
int'l year of freshwater
australia wins cricket world cup
and,
the web is in danger

25. 2003
the web is in danger
mozilla foundation formed

26. 2003
Mozill is a global community of people who believe that
openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the
continued health of the Internet.
the web is in danger
mozilla foundation formed

27. 2003
the web is in danger
mozilla foundation formed

28. 2003
the web is in danger

31. monopoly

34. also

38. the web was becoming less
open

39. the web was becoming less
participatory

40. the web was becoming less
hackable

41. it wasn't the web we love

42. it wasn't the web we love
nor the web we have today

43. web we love
web we have today

44. together we
rebuilt the platform,
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

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

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

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

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

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

51. using
openness
participation
hackability

52. Mike Connor,
Developer
1

53. Mike Connor,
Developer
Firefox
dev team
60

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

55. Mike
Connor,Firefox
Develop
er dev team
Daily
60
contributors
100s
Contributors
1000s

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

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

58. we encouraged people to
participate

59. we encouraged people to
participate

60. we encouraged people to
participate

61. we encouraged people to
participate
1000s of people

62. we encouraged people to
participate
$200,000

63. we encouraged people to
participate
a bet on openness

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

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

66. this is how the web thinks
and it will shape your career

67. <next>

68. <next>

69. <next>

70. <next>

71. <next>

72. 2009

73. 2009
on flickr
source: chrisjohnbeckket
1 million english words
european elections
guantánamo bay shut down
int'l year of natural fibres
the smiths reunion tour

74. 2009
on flickr
source: chrisjohnbeckket
1 million english words
european elections
guantánamo bay shut down
int'l year of natural fibres
the smiths reunion tour
and
mobile goes open

75. epic
battle

76. epic
battle
source: storm gal on flickr

77. source: mr tentacle on flickr
vs.
source: storm gal on flickr

78. source: mr tentacle on flickr
how can open win?
vs.
source: storm gal on flickr

79. how can open win?

80. hardware

81. hardware
software

82. hardware
software
web

83. hardware
software
web
cloud

84. hardware
source: nix pix on flickr
software
web
cloud
network

85. hardware
source: Nick Hendry on flickr
software
web
cloud
network
pricing

86. hardware
software
web
cloud
network
pricing
permissions

87. hardware
software
web
network
cloud
pricing
permissions
open mobile ecosystem

88. open mobile ecosystem

89. <so what?>

91. how the web thinks
will shape your career

92. how the web thinks
will shape your career
help users hack and participate

93. how the web thinks
will shape your career
help users hack and participate
you will succeed, and have fun

94. how the web thinks
will shape your career
help users hack and participate
you will succeed, and have fun

95. how? get involved now
help users hack and participate
you will succeed, and have fun

96. how? get involved now
help users hack and participate
you will succeed, and have fun

97. how? get involved now
help users hack and participate
succeed, and have fun

98. how? get involved now
help users hack and participate
you will succeed, and have fun

99. thanks

100. thanks
to lilly, beltzner and everyone i stole slide
ideas from. everyone who commented.
and all the great photographers on flickr.
mark surman
mozilla foundation
mark@mozillafoundation.org
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