How can geeky people with simple or advanced web skills give their time to help others in a more discriminating way than mere serendipity. How can we match wants and needs more effectviely? #opentech 2009

1. Opentech 2009
Spread the web
Fran Sainsbury and William
Perrin

2. The Problem
• People we like are being ripped off
• With rubbish, expensive inflexible
websites
• Why don’t they do it themselves?

3. Seven hours project management and
testing to embed a YouTube video on
flat low traffic html site

4. People lack confidence
and basic skills
• Think its technical
and complicated
• People often literally
afraid of the web
• They had a go many
years ago

5. Simple sites
Wordpress or
on Wordpress.com
Inspiration

11. Next - revamp this local school site

12. How this could be spread

14. Despite
The pressures of
earning a living

15. Opentech posters
• The people who need
this most aren’t here
today

16. Opentec
h
• Our stuff is simple because we are
• Opentech people have far more talent
• Can do more powerful things

17. Put aside 100 hours
• “Every time a person takes into their own
hands the tools of production… They are
able not just to consume, but to produce, to
invent culture”
• Matt Webb

18. Can we match want with need?

19. Is something like this the answer?

20. America exports their geeks

21. Do people want to
help?
william@cankfarm.com