The Future, Yesterday
The Usborne Book of the Future (1979), Future Cities (1979)
The Usborne Book of the Future (1979)
The Usborne Book of the Future (1979)
The Usborne Book of the Future (1979)
"Wall Street" (1987)
The Future, Today
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Apple Watch Gallery Photo
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The Internet of Things
Flickr photo by thrpWhat's the fundamental unit of the Web?
The internet isn't made of pages.
How do we experience the web?
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The Future, Tomorrow
People don't view your content on your website.
People.
Don't.
View.
Your content.
On your website.
Why not?
Syndication
RSS Throwboy by Jack AmickSharing
Use Case Fluidity
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Cards
Don't try to control how people access your content.
Just make sure it's possible.
Web Standards
Accessibility
Flickr photo by League of Michigan BicyclistsSemantics
- Microformats
- ARIA
But it's not just your content
Users expect to get their data in and out of your site.
Flickr photo by julochkaInterchange formats
- XML
- JSON
- YAML
And it's not just content and data portability
Your services have lives outside of your site.
Interoperability
Flickr photo by Arturo VidichAPIs
Flickr photo by Eric LumsdenWeb Services
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Flickr photo by Joachim S. MüllerObjects
Flickr photo by Jay ReedIntegration
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Be Ready for Tomorrow
- Free your content
- Free your users' data
- Be inclusive
- Take advantage of standards
- Design for interoperability
- Avoid unnecessary constraints