1. A STORY...

2. 1955, MY MOM
indians never smile in photographs

3. 1978, ME
i’m obviously indian

4. 1981, WTF?
seriously, wtf?

5. 1985, STATE CHAMPIONS
my first year playing, mainly on the sidelines

6. 1990, I HATE FISHING
but this is one of my fondest memories

7. 2004, REPRESENT!
never use elmer’s glue on your face

8. 2006, WITH GRAMPS
one of the coolest people you’ll never meet

9. 2010, ...

10. THAT’S NOT WHERE IT STARTS

11. 3200 BC

12. we have always tried to preserve moments visually

13. JAISEN MATHAI
The OpenPhoto Project

14. Why we started The OpenPhoto Project
Ownership
Portability
Why PHP
How OpenPhoto works
Where we’re at

15. WOOHOO! SERVERS
wait, we’re shutting down. you’re SOL

16. I STILL GET THESE, 3 YEARS LATER
:(

17. IT’S NOT JUST STARTUPS
It’s Yahoo!

18. IT’S NOT JUST STARTUPS
It’s Yahoo!, AOL

19. IT’S NOT JUST STARTUPS
It’s AOL, Yahoo!, and Apple

21. Why we started The OpenPhoto Project
Ownership
Portability
Why PHP
How OpenPhoto works
Where we’re at

22. OWNERSHIP IS HAVING OPTIONS
else, what’s the point?

23. Why we started The OpenPhoto Project
Ownership
Portability
Why PHP
How OpenPhoto works
Where we’re at

24. PORTABILITY IS ABOUT LONGEVITY
just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s useless
especially photos

25. Why we started The OpenPhoto Project
Ownership
Portability
Why PHP
How OpenPhoto works
Where we’re at

26. PHP IS UBIQUITOUS
it’s the single most widely used runtime, period

27. PHP, PEOPLE SAY, IS EASY
hard to master
needle, haystack? haystack, needle?
what do you mean “0” == false is true?
this isn’t valid? func()[0]

28. PHP IS EASY TO MAKE AWESOME
well written PHP has the benefits of being easily hacked, well
organized and extremely performant

29. Why we started The OpenPhoto Project
Ownership
Portability
Why PHP
How OpenPhoto works
Where we’re at

30. ONE SIMPLE QUESTION
what if users granted applications access to their data

31. IT WORKS BOTH LIKE THIS

32. AND LIKE THIS

33. Why we started The OpenPhoto Project
Ownership
Portability
Why PHP
How OpenPhoto works
Where we’re at

34. SUCCESSFUL KICKSTARTER
June, 2011; 400+ backers, $25,000

35. MOZILLA WEBFWD
August, 2011; open innovation program

36. GITHUB
Today; 600+ watchers, 100+ forks, 17 repositories
50+ contributors

37. API
documented & consistent
bindings in PHP, Python, Ruby and Java

38. WEB

39. MOBILE

40. THANKS!
http://bit.ly/jmathai-sfphp
http://theopenphotoproject.org
https:/ /github.com/openphoto
jaisen@jmathai.com
@jmathai