The Wild Wild Web

Step back from the coding coalface, mount your steed and join Keir Moffatt on an adventure into the digital wilderness. Yeehaw!

This talk was delivered at Web Dev Conference 2012 in Bristol, UK.
http://webdevconf.com

Transcript

1. The
   WILD WILD WEB
   

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2. WARNING
   The following talk contains an
   unashamedly brutal massacre of
   metaphors.
   Those of a nervous literary
   disposition may wish to leave.
   

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3. The WILD WILD WTF?
   “...the story of the creation and defense of communities,
   the use of the land, the development of markets,
   and the formation of states.”
   “It is a tale of conquest, but also one of survival,
   persistence, and the merging of peoples and cultures...”
   - Wikipedia
   

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4. GOLD RUSH
   Pace of change, pace of development
   Infinite possibilities & opportunities
   Domains, usernames, apps & acquisitions
   App Store: Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Apps!
   Kickstarter: Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Ideas!
   

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5. SHOOTOUTS
   Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogs...
   Duels, debates & debacles
   Honour, ego & etiquette
   Why is everyone so hostile?!
   “Twitter is often like a verbal drive-by” @markboulton
   

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6. LAW & ORDER
   Copyright & piracy: Obsolete laws?
   Casual criminals
   How private are our privates?
   Freedom of speech & social media
   “...patent farce is a tragedy for creative humanity”
   @jontangerine
   

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7. OUTLAWS
   The rise of ‘hacktivism’
   Disenfranchised society, corrupt governance
   Anonymous: Unlikely heroes
   Napster, WikiLeaks, Assange, Kim Dotcom
   The Pirate Bay: Invincible Cloud Torrents?
   

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8. The GOOD The BAD & The UGLY
   

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9. The WILDERNESS
   

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10. BOUNTIES
    6 degrees + Facebook
    1000 to 8000 to 15,000
    National & International Press
    £1000+ for Marie Curie via JustGiving
    It's Alive! (a Social Media beast)
    Fan artwork, flash mobs, HK CGI, pr0n...
    The power of Social Media?
    

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11. Into The SUNSET
    What *is* the web...?
    A digital frontier; The Great Unknown
    Pioneers - to boldly code...
    Evolving how we think, behave & interact
    Too fast? “...Jusqu'ici tout va bien…”
    

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12. #wildwildweb
    @iamkeir
    Much
    obliged!
    Credits: Red Dead Redemption screenshots/wallpapers
    Used for educational purposes
    

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