HorizonsHorizons

Ian Forrester – Senior Producer for BBC BackstageIan Forrester – Senior Producer for BBC Backstage

(Or how everything you've been told,(Or how everything you've been told,about web 2.0 fits together...)about web 2.0 fits together...)

OverviewOverview

The challenge facing the BBC The people formally known as our audience What changed? Current state of the internet What's hot on the Horizon?

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““Get web savvy or we die...”Get web savvy or we die...”

On-line, but not part of the netOn-line, but not part of the net

Many alternatives to our contentMany alternatives to our content

The socially participatory webThe socially participatory web

Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004, refers to a perceived or proposed second generation of Web-based services such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.

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Where's our audience?Where's our audience?

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The people formally known,The people formally known,as our audienceas our audience

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Have better tools that usHave better tools that us

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Have more important things to doHave more important things to do

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Want to tell their own storyWant to tell their own story

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Expect participationExpect participation

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Prefer a human tonePrefer a human tone

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Expect to time-shift everythingExpect to time-shift everything

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Expect sharing to be implicitExpect sharing to be implicit

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Take note of what we doTake note of what we do

Will tell us, if we are wrongWill tell us, if we are wrong

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Are not scared to explore beyondAre not scared to explore beyond

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Have great distribution methodsHave great distribution methods

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See content as never finishedSee content as never finished

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What changed?What changed? Architecture of participation Collaboration Collective intelligence Social Web as a platform Small Pieces Loosely Joined The Long tail Everything is miscellaneous

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Architecture of participationArchitecture of participation

Architecture of participationArchitecture of participation

Digg.com Alternative Reality Gaming

CollaborationCollaboration

CollaborationCollaboration

Wikipedia.org Google Spreadsheets Wiki's Creative Commons ShareAlike licence

Collective intelligenceCollective intelligence

Collective intelligenceCollective intelligence

Del.ico.us Wikipedia.org Amazon Mechanical Turk Not Groupthink Free / Open Source Software

SocialSocial

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SocialSocial

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Facebook / MySpaceFacebook / MySpace Linkedin.com / Dopplr.com Linkedin.com / Dopplr.com Google OpenSocialGoogle OpenSocial Twitter / JaikuTwitter / Jaiku BarCamp's / Meetup'sBarCamp's / Meetup's Upcoming.orgUpcoming.org Massively Multiplayer Online GamingMassively Multiplayer Online Gaming

Web as a PlatformWeb as a Platform

Web as a PlatformWeb as a Platform

API's (xml, json, php arrays, swx)API's (xml, json, php arrays, swx) RSS / Atom feedsRSS / Atom feeds Adobe Air / XUL platform / Google GearsAdobe Air / XUL platform / Google Gears OpenID / OauthOpenID / Oauth MicroformatsMicroformats

Small Pieces Loosely JoinedSmall Pieces Loosely Joined

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Small Pieces Loosely JoinedSmall Pieces Loosely Joined

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Mash-up culture APIs / WebServices Google OpenSocial Amazon WebServices (ec2, s3, etc) Peer 2 Peer services OpenID / OAuth

The Long TailThe Long Tail

The Long TailThe Long Tail

Amazon.comAmazon.com Netflix.com / Lovefilm.co.ukNetflix.com / Lovefilm.co.uk The WebThe Web YouTubeYouTube BlogsBlogs PodcastsPodcasts

Everything is MiscellaneousEverything is Miscellaneous

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Everything is MiscellaneousEverything is Miscellaneous

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Amazon.com Last.FM / Musicbrainz Folksonomies Chaos / Disorder Messiness as Virtue Web of Data Preference

Current state of the netCurrent state of the net

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Web of Data Semantic Web Open APIs Social Media Social Networking Life Streaming Perma-linked Media

Web of dataWeb of data

Semantic WebSemantic Web

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Web 2.0: Web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing UsThe Machine is Us/ing Us

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Open API'sOpen API's

Social MediaSocial Media

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Social networkingSocial networking

Current state of social networkingCurrent state of social networking

Life streaming and flow appsLife streaming and flow apps

Perma-linked MediaPerma-linked Media

What's hot on the Horizon?What's hot on the Horizon?

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Just on the horizonJust on the horizon Data Portability Attention and Presence Management User-Centric Identity Management Real-Time Communication Full-text / Richer RSS Feeds More Pipes and Flow Applications Peer 2 Peer mixed with Social Tools User generated content into indigenous content?

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Just beyond the horizonJust beyond the horizon Open Mobile Services (android, openmoko, etc) Hybrid (web/net) and Streaming Applications Standard Web Stack (xhtml+css+js+dom+xbl+svg) Scalable Real-Time Communication via XMPP Ubiquitous Connectivity (ultrawideband, w-usb) Network Connected Objects (Smart Objects) Networked Sensors APIs in to Smart Objects

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Thank you, any questions?Thank you, any questions?

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Ian Forrester - ian.forrester@bbc.co.ukSenior Producer at BBC Backstage

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