A talk about Mozilla, the web and the future of libraries. Given as keynote to Toronto Public Library annual staff conference, May 2009.

1. a library
that thinks
like the web

2. my point:

3. my point:
openess and participation

4. my point:
openess and participation
= the core logic of the web

5. my point:
openess and participation
made the web better

6. my point:
openess and participation
can make libraries better

8. point #1
openess and participation
= the core logic of the web

9. the web we love

10. the web we love

11. the web we love

12. what makes
the web we love?

13. the web we love is
transparent vs. opaque
participatory vs. passive
distributed vs. centralized
hackable vs. immutable
open vs. closed

14. the web we love isn't
transparent vs. opaque
participatory vs. passive
distributed vs. centralized
hackable vs. immutable
open vs. closed

15. the web we want?
transparent vs. opaque
participatory vs. passive
distributed vs. centralized
hackable vs. immutable
open vs. closed

16. the web we love
transparent vs. opaque
participatory vs. passive
distributed vs. centralized
hackable vs. immutable
open vs. closed

17. normal people make the web.

18. normal people make the web.
they make it better every day.

19. normal people make the web.
they make it better every day.
this is the logic of the web.

21. point #2
openess and participation
made the web better

22. 2003

23. 2003
mel still mayor
second iraq war starts
human genome completed
int'l year of freshwater
australia wins cricket world cup

24. 2003
mel still mayor
second iraq war starts
human genome completed
int'l year of freshwater
australia wins cricket world cup
and,
the web is in danger

25. 2003
the web is in danger

28. monopoly

31. also

35. the web was becoming less
transparent

36. the web was becoming less
participatory

37. the web was becoming less
hackable

38. the web was becoming less
open

39. it wasn't the web we love

40. it wasn't the web we love
nor the web we have today

41. 2003
the web is in danger

42. 2003
the web is in danger
mozilla foundation formed

43. 2003
Mozilla is a global community of people who believe that
openness, participation and innovation are key to the
continued health of the Internet.
the web is in danger
mozilla foundation formed

44. 2003
the web is in danger
mozilla foundation formed

45. together we
rebuilt the platform,
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

46. together we
rebuilt the platform, open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

47. together we
rebuilt the platform, open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

48. together we
rebuilt the platform, open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

49. together we
rebuilt the platform, open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

50. together we
rebuilt the platform, open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

52. using
openness
participation
hackability

53. Mike Connor,
Developer
1

54. Mike Connor,
Developer
Firefox
dev team
60

55. Mike
Connor,
Developer
Firefox
dev team
60
Daily
contributors
100s

56. Mike
Connor,Firefox
Develop
er dev team
60
Daily
contributors
100s
Contributors
1000s

57. Mike Connor,
Developer
Firefox
dev team
60
Daily
contributors
100s
Contributors
1000s
Beta testers
500,000+

58. Mike Connor,
Developer
Firefox
dev team
Daily
60 contributors
100s Contributors
1000s Beta testers
500,000+
Daily users
60 million

59. we encouraged people to
participate

60. we encouraged people to
participate

61. we encouraged people to
participate

62. we encouraged people to
participate
1000s of people

63. we encouraged people to
participate
$200,000

64. we encouraged people to
participate
a bet on openness

65. we encouraged people to
participate
this is how the web thinks

66. we encouraged people to
participate
this is the logic of the web

67. we encouraged people to
participate
this is the logic of the web
we used it to make the web better

68. we encouraged people to
participate
this is the logic of the web
you can too

70. point #3
openess and participation
can make libraries better

71. and it's already happening
point #3
openess and participation
can make libraries better

73. same
dna

74. same
dna
universal access to
human knowledge,
experience and ideas

75. same
dna
source: striatic on flickr

76. same
dna
source: striatic on flickr
different
culture

77. library
dna
source: striatic on flickr
participatory
culture

78. library
dna
participatory
culture

87. the library
and the web
are fusing

88. the library we want?
the library
and the web
are fusing

89. the library we want?
source: Metric X on flickr

90. the library we want?
transparent vs. opaque
participatory vs. passive
distributed vs. centralized
hackable vs. immutable
open vs. closed

91. the library we want
transparent vs. opaque
participatory vs. passive
distributed vs. centralized
hackable vs. immutable
open vs. closed

92. the library we want
transparent vs. opaque
participatory vs. passive
distributed vs. centralized
hackable vs. immutable
open vs. closed

93. the library we want
transparent vs. opaque
participatory vs. passive
distributed vs. centralized
hackable vs. immutable
open vs. closed

94. the library we want

95. the library we want
normal people make the library.

96. the library we want
normal people make the library.
they make it better every day.

97. the library we want
normal people make the library.
they make it better every day.
a library that thinks like the web.

98. normal people make the library.
they make it better every day.
a library that thinks like the web.

99. normal people make the library.
they make it better every day.
a library that thinks like the web.
that's something i could get behind.

100. thanks

101. thanks
to lilly, beltzner and everyone i stole slide
ideas from. everyone who commented.
and all the great photographers on flickr.
mark surman
mozilla foundation
mark@mozillafoundation.org
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www.slideshare.net/msurman