Hackability: the future of programming in a post-PC world

Future Insights keynote on hackability, modern compute platforms, and the Maker movement.

Transcript

1. Hackability the future of programming in a post-PC world Adam Wiggins Future Insights May 2012 Sunday, May 6, 2012
2. About me Sunday, May 6, 2012
3. I love to make things which help other people make things Sunday, May 6, 2012
4. Sunday, May 6, 2012
5. ...so I think a lot about hackability Sunday, May 6, 2012
6. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
7. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
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10. Phones? Pocket computers connected to a cell network. Sunday, May 6, 2012
11. Game consoles? PCs with a game controller instead of a keyboard and mouse. Sunday, May 6, 2012
12. Books? Electronic content downloaded into your ereader. Sunday, May 6, 2012
13. Cars, planes? Computers you can ride in. Sunday, May 6, 2012
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15. our computer- embroidered reality “ ” Sunday, May 6, 2012
16. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
17. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
18. the ability to modify behavior of the tools and devices we use—at any level of depth hack·a·bil·i·ty noun Sunday, May 6, 2012
19. For computers, hackability means programming Sunday, May 6, 2012
20. Hackability is empowerment, freedom, and taps humanity’s wells of creativity Sunday, May 6, 2012
21. In a computer- embroidered reality, hackability is more important than ever Sunday, May 6, 2012
22. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
23. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
24. Ten years ago: client & server pretty much the same Sunday, May 6, 2012
25. Now: specialized Sunday, May 6, 2012
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27. Provision server- side compute via API Sunday, May 6, 2012
28. Server-side platform is now “The Cloud” Sunday, May 6, 2012
29. Infrastructure-as- a-service abstracts away the hardware Sunday, May 6, 2012
30. AWS now runs 1% of the internet http://blog.deepfield.net/2012/04/18/how-big-is-amazons-cloud/ Sunday, May 6, 2012
31. Platform-as-a- service abstracts away servers Sunday, May 6, 2012
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35. Runs “apps” as discrete units Sunday, May 6, 2012
36. Apps are coupled to their data — no general filesystem Sunday, May 6, 2012
37. Local storage is just a cache Sunday, May 6, 2012
38. The canonical source is the cloud Sunday, May 6, 2012
39. Clients are both more sophisticated and thinner than ever Sunday, May 6, 2012
40. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
41. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
42. Specialized platforms come with more restrictions Sunday, May 6, 2012
43. http://davemartorana.com/logs/software/os-x-mountain- lion-10-8-is-not-good-news-for-developers/ Sunday, May 6, 2012
44. http://al3x.net/2010/01/28/ipad.html Sunday, May 6, 2012
45. General-purpose computing: unfettered access to system resources Sunday, May 6, 2012
46. Specialized computing: isolation via sandboxing Sunday, May 6, 2012
47. Client-side sandboxing (e.g. iOS, Android, Chrome) Sunday, May 6, 2012
48. EC2 sandboxing: Xen virtualization http://www.xen.org/ Sunday, May 6, 2012
49. Heroku sandboxing: dynos http://www.heroku.com/how/scale Sunday, May 6, 2012
50. Sandboxing has benefits, but creates restrictions Sunday, May 6, 2012
51. We can’t go backward Sunday, May 6, 2012
52. How do we enable hackability on the new platforms? Sunday, May 6, 2012
53. I don't know Sunday, May 6, 2012
54. Looking to an adjacent field for inspiration Sunday, May 6, 2012
55. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
56. Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining “hackability” 3.Modern compute platforms 4.Hackability at risk? 5.Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
57. Maker: DIY turned up to 11 Sunday, May 6, 2012
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60. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/08/big-diy/all/1 Sunday, May 6, 2012
61. Digital world vs Physical world Sunday, May 6, 2012
62. I.R.L. Sunday, May 6, 2012
63. Maker movement is blurring that line Sunday, May 6, 2012
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66. 3D printing Sunday, May 6, 2012
67. MakerBot Sunday, May 6, 2012
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71. RepRap Sunday, May 6, 2012
72. CNC Sunday, May 6, 2012
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77. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaVr89FO_FE Video example Sunday, May 6, 2012
78. M6T1 G0G90G54X5.Y0S3000M3 G43H1Z2./M8 Z.1 G1Z0F50. G91G41D1X1.5F18. G3I-1.5Z-.104L5 I-1.5 Sunday, May 6, 2012
79. Other cool maker stuff Sunday, May 6, 2012
80. Arduino Sunday, May 6, 2012
81. Kinect hacking Sunday, May 6, 2012
82. Hackability in reach for kids and adult hobbyists Sunday, May 6, 2012
83. Sunday, May 6, 2012
84. What can software hacking learn from Maker movement? ? Sunday, May 6, 2012
85. Conclusion Sunday, May 6, 2012
86. In our computer- embroidered reality, hackability is more important than ever Sunday, May 6, 2012
87. General-purpose computing is giving way to specialized platforms Sunday, May 6, 2012
88. That’s mostly good Sunday, May 6, 2012
89. But we don’t want to lose the hackability of computing Sunday, May 6, 2012
90. Take inspiration from the Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
91. Maker movement shows that anything can be made hackable Sunday, May 6, 2012
92. ...and made accessible to everyone Sunday, May 6, 2012
93. Let’s shape a hackable future for computing Sunday, May 6, 2012
94. [end] Adam Wiggins @hirodusk http://adam.heroku.com/ Sunday, May 6, 2012