Mark Surman talk at OSCON 2009 about rallying millions of people to love, protect and steward the open web. (pdf)

1. rallying millions of people to
love, protect and steward the open web

2. mark surman

3. mark surman
mozilla

4. mark surman
mozilla

5. title:
what’s next for open?
rallying millions of people to
love, protect and steward the open web

6. steward the open web
love, protect and
Zittrain photo by Joi Ito under CC BY.

7. steward the open web
love, protect and
Zittrain photo by Joi Ito under CC BY.

8. Zittrain photo by Joi Ito under CC BY.
“We must use the generativity of the net
to create a constituency that will
protect and nurture it.”

9. Zittrain photo by Joi Ito under CC BY.
“We must use the generativity of the net
to create a constituency that will
protect and nurture it.”

10. my point:

11. my point:
the people in this room create
cool, world changing technology

12. my point:
but technology may not be enough
to preserve the web we’ve built

13. my point:
we need millions more people to
love, protect and steward the web

14. point #1
the people in this room create
cool, world changing technology

16. the web we love

17. the web we love

18. the web we love

19. the web we love

20. the web we love
this
made
you

21. point #2
but technology may not be enough
to preserve the web we’ve built

22. point #2
but technology may not be enough
to preserve the web we’ve built

23. the web is healthy now
but likely many threats and struggles ahead

24. network throttled, sliced up

25. mobile web still thinks like a phone

26. web video looks like plain old TV

27. identity and data locked up in silos

28. security + privacy fail = web lockdown

29. security + privacy fail = web lockdown
seatbelt moment:
we have the technology
more people need to care, and act

30. will we have an open web
100
years?

31. point 3
we need millions more people to
love, protect and steward the web

32. Zittrain photo by Joi Ito under CC BY.
love, protect and
steward the open web
“We must use the generativity of the net
to create a constituency that will
protect and nurture it.”

33. how?
we don’t fully know yet,
but we have some ideas

34. idea
explain open, simply
and then get a million
more people to do the same

35. idea
focus on what matters
drill down to concrete solutions to
the biggest threats and problems

36. idea
encourage people to act
concrete things people can do to make
the web better. starts w/ one web day.

37. idea
encourage people to act
concrete things people can do to make
the web better. starts w/ one web day.

38. who should do this?

39. who should do this?

40. who should do this?

41. who should do this?

42. first step:
open your calendar
add: one web day -> september 22, 2009
explain open. have a conversation. act.

43. takeaway:
we need millions more people to
love, protect and steward the web
we can make this happen

44. we will have an open web
100
years!
we can make this happen

45. we will have an open web
100
years!
thanks