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The Best of Times, The Worst of Times Open Source, The Golden Age of the Modern Web, and Market Commoditisation. Rob Blake [email protected]

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The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

Open Source, The Golden Age of the Modern Web, and Market

Commoditisation.

Rob [email protected]

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In the beginning… (1994)

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...and then not long after...

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...which led to a first taste of web programming for many.

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GNU/Linux OS

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Apache Web Server

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MySQL RDBMS

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PHP Scripting Language

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Agency Built Content Management Systems

● No Quality Control● No Peer Review● No Documentation ● Proprietary● Cause Lock-in

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...and the agencies loved lock-in...

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Meanwhile, in Redmond:

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...and as if that wasn't bad enough:

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1998 - the World had woken up.

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Which led to many web agencies making a ton of:

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...and much merriment ensued..

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...but unfortunately didn't last, as the boom turned out to be a:

Which Soon burst...

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The Middle Ages (2001-10)

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...and Flash begins to really dominate:

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A lot of agencies adopt:

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Meanwhile, a Proliferation of Open Source CMS

● Drupal (2001)● MODx (2004)● WordPress (2004)● Joomla (2005)● Plone (2003)● Geeklog (2000)

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2004, The Year WordPress is born

>90% Browser Share

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The Golden Age (2010-2015)

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WordPress Dominates

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Flash Usage Declines

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Open Source Browsers Fight Back

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Git and Social Coding

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An Avalanche of JS tools..

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Roots / Bedrock / Trellis

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Open Source Dominates The Cloud

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Mobile Browsing Takes Off

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Browser usage stats, August 2015*

* Source: http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php

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2015 - Commoditisation

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Quality, Cheap WordPress Themes

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Burgeoning Social Networks

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Automation / Artificial Intelligence

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The Rise of the App

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So what can be done?

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Specialise!

● Domain Knowledge● Verticals● Multi Platform (Meteor)● Internationalisation● Accessibility● Inbound Marketing

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Innovate!

● Support and Maintenance● Copywriting● Curation● Enhanced Analytics Reporting● Consultancy● Community Building