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Hackability: the future of programming in a post-PC world
Adam Wiggins
May 06, 2012
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Hackability: the future of programming in a post-PC world
Future Insights keynote on hackability, modern compute platforms, and the Maker movement.
Adam Wiggins
May 06, 2012
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Hackability the future of programming in a post-PC world Adam
Wiggins Future Insights May 2012 Sunday, May 6, 2012
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About me Sunday, May 6, 2012
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I love to make things which help other people make
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...so I think a lot about hackability Sunday, May 6,
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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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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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Phones? Pocket computers connected to a cell network. Sunday, May
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Game consoles? PCs with a game controller instead of a
keyboard and mouse. Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Books? Electronic content downloaded into your ereader. Sunday, May 6,
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Cars, planes? Computers you can ride in. Sunday, May 6,
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our computer- embroidered reality “ ” Sunday, May 6, 2012
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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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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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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
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For computers, hackability means programming Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Hackability is empowerment, freedom, and taps humanity’s wells of creativity
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In a computer- embroidered reality, hackability is more important than
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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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Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining
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Ten years ago: client & server pretty much the same
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Now: specialized Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Provision server- side compute via API Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Server-side platform is now “The Cloud” Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Infrastructure-as- a-service abstracts away the hardware Sunday, May 6, 2012
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AWS now runs 1% of the internet http://blog.deepfield.net/2012/04/18/how-big-is-amazons-cloud/ Sunday, May
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Platform-as-a- service abstracts away servers Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Runs “apps” as discrete units Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Apps are coupled to their data — no general filesystem
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Local storage is just a cache Sunday, May 6, 2012
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The canonical source is the cloud Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Clients are both more sophisticated and thinner than ever Sunday,
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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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Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining
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Specialized platforms come with more restrictions Sunday, May 6, 2012
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http://davemartorana.com/logs/software/os-x-mountain- lion-10-8-is-not-good-news-for-developers/ Sunday, May 6, 2012
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http://al3x.net/2010/01/28/ipad.html Sunday, May 6, 2012
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General-purpose computing: unfettered access to system resources Sunday, May 6,
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Specialized computing: isolation via sandboxing Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Client-side sandboxing (e.g. iOS, Android, Chrome) Sunday, May 6, 2012
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EC2 sandboxing: Xen virtualization http://www.xen.org/ Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Heroku sandboxing: dynos http://www.heroku.com/how/scale Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Sandboxing has benefits, but creates restrictions Sunday, May 6, 2012
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We can’t go backward Sunday, May 6, 2012
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How do we enable hackability on the new platforms? Sunday,
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I don't know Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Looking to an adjacent field for inspiration Sunday, May 6,
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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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Table of contents 1.The world is made of computers 2.Defining
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Maker: DIY turned up to 11 Sunday, May 6, 2012
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http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/08/big-diy/all/1 Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Digital world vs Physical world Sunday, May 6, 2012
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I.R.L. Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Maker movement is blurring that line Sunday, May 6, 2012
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3D printing Sunday, May 6, 2012
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MakerBot Sunday, May 6, 2012
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RepRap Sunday, May 6, 2012
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CNC Sunday, May 6, 2012
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaVr89FO_FE Video example Sunday, May 6, 2012
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M6T1 G0G90G54X5.Y0S3000M3 G43H1Z2./M8 Z.1 G1Z0F50. G91G41D1X1.5F18. G3I-1.5Z-.104L5 I-1.5 Sunday, May
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Other cool maker stuff Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Arduino Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Kinect hacking Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Hackability in reach for kids and adult hobbyists Sunday, May
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What can software hacking learn from Maker movement? ? Sunday,
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Conclusion Sunday, May 6, 2012
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In our computer- embroidered reality, hackability is more important than
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General-purpose computing is giving way to specialized platforms Sunday, May
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That’s mostly good Sunday, May 6, 2012
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But we don’t want to lose the hackability of computing
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Take inspiration from the Maker movement Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Maker movement shows that anything can be made hackable Sunday,
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...and made accessible to everyone Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Let’s shape a hackable future for computing Sunday, May 6,
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[end] Adam Wiggins @hirodusk http://adam.heroku.com/ Sunday, May 6, 2012
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