Fighting for the Future of the Social Web: Selling Out and Opening Up
O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) 2011
Portland, OR
July 27, 2011
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A year and a half after joining Google, and a year after my last talk on the Social Web, I returned to OSCON (one of my favorite conferences, which I’ve been speaking at for over half a decade now!) to reflect on the progress we’ve collectively made (and haven’t made) to open up the social web. I covered the latest developments in OpenID, OAuth, Portable Contacts, and related open web standards, mused about the challenges we’re still facing to adoption and ease-of-use and what to do about them, and considered what changes we should expect going forward now that many of the formerly independent open social web enthusiasts (myself included) now work for larger companies.
Not to spoil the punchline, but if you know me at all it won’t surprise you to learn that I’m still optimistic about the future! 😉