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

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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

8. Sunday, May 6, 2012

9. Sunday, May 6, 2012

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

14. Sunday, May 6, 2012

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

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25. Now: specialized Sunday, May 6, 2012

26. Sunday, May 6, 2012

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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33. Sunday, May 6, 2012

34. Sunday, May 6, 2012

35. Runs “apps” as discrete units Sunday, May 6, 2012

36. Apps are coupled to their data — no general filesystem

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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

58. Sunday, May 6, 2012

59. Sunday, May 6, 2012

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

64. Sunday, May 6, 2012

65. Sunday, May 6, 2012

66. 3D printing Sunday, May 6, 2012

67. MakerBot Sunday, May 6, 2012

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69. Sunday, May 6, 2012

70. Sunday, May 6, 2012

71. RepRap Sunday, May 6, 2012

72. CNC Sunday, May 6, 2012

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76. Sunday, May 6, 2012

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

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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