O'Reilly keynote

This is more-or-less a paraphrase. I've tried to put all direct quotes in, well, quotes. Enjoy. [my comments in ital]

The O’Reilly Radar

key word: “amplify” -- it’s occurring often at this conference

“The future is here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” --Wm Gibson

Following the Hacker Frontier
- hackers push the limits of new technology
- entrepreneurs apply hacker knowledge to mass consumption
- tech becomes widespread
- hackers move on

The New Killer Apps
- we all use web services like Google, ebay, amazon, paypal etc
- funny how all the web services run on linux, but we wouldn’t describe ourselves as linux users
- software is elsewhere

What O'Reilly Thinks Is Interesting
- Internet is platform
- Built on top of open source, but not open source
- Services not packaged apps
- Exploring becoming platforms thru web apis
- Data aggregators, not just software
- User contributions are key to “market dominance”

Geoapps
- the mapping service that gets user participation right will win in the end
- maybe with meetup.com?

Mobilizing people
- moveon.org: largest advocacy organization in the world
- just getting people to do stuff

Wikis
- SO easy
- wikipedia
- wordspy

Wireless devices
- mobilewhack

iTunes
- Rendezvous
- mobile enabled
- no architecture of participation for users
- data sharing is limited
- why no iPhoto and iTunes buddies?
- need best practices for network-generation apps
-- managing relationships: modes of intimacy and interaction
-- also, the “where is my address book?” question

[where is the sweet spot of p2p and webservices data aggregation?]

Network-enabled Market Research
- spiders: asking the computers what they’re doing

Manipulating data through visualizing it
- netscan
- technorati
- Valdis Krebs’ political book selling map (watching the purchase patterns)

Hacking
- FirstMile in Cambodia: the guys on motorbikes picking up email [DTN: Delay Tolerant Networking]
playing with hardware

“second generation network effects”
social software
network enabled market research/data visibility
architectures of participation
robotics/hardware