Digital natives: freedom and hackability in a mobile future
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The document discusses the evolution of digital natives and emphasizes the importance of an open and accessible internet for future generations. It argues against the dominance of proprietary platforms that restrict user engagement and promotes education and empowerment through open mobile platforms like Firefox OS. The author encourages contributions to Mozilla to create a more participatory digital future.
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Digital natives: freedom and hackability in a mobile future
- 2. PAST & FUTURE OF DIGITAL NATIVES: HACK THE FUTURE! Tristan Nitot Principal Mozilla Evangelist, Mozilla Europe Founder tnitot@mozilla.com - twitter: @nitot
- 3. MOZILLA IS... a global community of people who believe that openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the Internet.
- 4. We’re known for the Firefox Web browser
- 5. MOZILLA MANIFESTO (EXCERPTS) • The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible. • Individuals must have the ability to shape their own experiences on the Internet. • The effectiveness of the Internet as a public resource depends upon interoperability (protocols, data formats, content), innovation and decentralized participation worldwide. • Free and open source software promotes the development of the Internet as a public resource.
- 6. I’M A DIGITAL NATIVE (AN OLD ONE)
- 7. ACORN ATOM - Source: Wikipedia TRS Model 80 - Source: Wikipedia SHARP PC-1500 - Source: Wikipedia I LEARNED TO HACK ON THESE USING BASIC, ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE & A SOLDERING IRON
- 8. THE MOST HACKABLE MACHINE I OWNED • BASIC programming • Disassembler • extensible with 7 extension slots • extensive documentation Source: Wikipedia • Electric schema included Tinkering with the • Screwdriver Apple ][ was not needed to open the case encouraged
- 9. PHYSICAL COMMUNITIES ENCOURAGED LEARNING, TINKERING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING • Physical spaces to: • Share knowledge • Share computers • Such as: • Micro-computer clubs • Centre Mondial de l’Informatique => Source: INA • Palais de la découverte
- 10. NETWORKS ENABLED VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES • Minitel in France • AOL,Compuserve & other large proprietary networks • Smaller BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) were operated from personal computers.
- 11. LARGE VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES ENABLE LARGE SCALE COLLABORATION GNU/Linux: powers more than 90% of today's 500 fastest supercomputers Wikipedia: 23 million articles 285 languages 365 million readers
- 12. THEN CAME THE WEB • Simple principles: URL, • No need to buy a SDK: HTTP, HTML your text editor is enough • Open Standards • No need to ask for permission to participate • «View Source» to learn from existing pages The Web belongs to no-one. It’s an open, public resource
- 13. SOMETHING OCCURRED TO ME DURING THIS DIGITAL JOURNEY...
- 14. WHO WRITES THE CODE DECIDES WHAT THE USER CAN DO • Developershave a lot of power over what users can do • Without source code, • youcan’t change the software • You don’t have the power to do what you want
- 15. FREE SOFTWARE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PRICE. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE USER’S FREEDOM
- 16. IN 2011, TABLETS AND SMARTPHONES COMBINED OUTSOLD THE PC
- 17. MOBILE INDUSTRY IS DOMINATED BY PROPRIETARY MOBILE PLATFORMS
- 18. MOBILE CENSORSHIP Someone decides for me what I can or cannot run on the device I paid for
- 19. NEW MOBILE RULES LIMIT PARTICIPATION Want to develop an APP? • Get the official SDK / sign for the developer program • Use the language and APIs of the platform • Use the AppStore / Marketplace to reach users
- 20. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? • Users are just consumers. They can’t get in the driver’s seat. • It’s a lot harder to understand the technology if you can’t see under the hood • The next generation of digital natives will discover computing with smartphones and tablets. • They will be taught to be passive consumers
- 21. FROM TOTALLY OPEN TO COMPLETELY CLOSED
- 22. FROM TOTALLY OPEN TO COMPLETELY CLOSED
- 23. WHAT CAN WE DO TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVES?
- 24. WE NEED • Educated users • An open platform for mobile
- 25. This is exactly what is working on
- 26. EDUCATE USERS: WEBMAKER.ORG Empower users so that the Web is not Read-Only
- 27. BUILD AN OPEN MOBILE PLATFORM Firefox OS Complete, standalone operating system for the open Web, built entirely using HTML5 & standard Web APIs
- 28. EVERYTHING IS A WEB PAGE! Variations around the Variations around Home screen the incoming call screen
- 29. FIREFOX OS: HOW AN OPEN WEB PHONE CONNECTS HTML5 TO HARDWARE Existing Platforms Firefox OS } (smartphones only) Web Browser/ Platform Native API- Web-based User Experience/Web based UI Content Significantly Web Engine/ smaller stack: APIs Standard Device APIs Scales from high-end Kernel feature phones (e.g. Android, iOS, Kernel Win7, etc.) to high-end smartphones Device (phone, tablet, Device desktop)
- 30. MARKETPLACE: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Content owners can use the Firefox Marketplace to enhance discoverability and make monetization easier. They can also sell directly (going through the marketplace is optional) FIREFOX MARKETPLACE
- 31. FIREFOX OS DEMO
- 32. AND NOW?
- 33. MOZILLA NEEDS YOUR HELP TO BUILD THE DIGITAL FUTURE WE WANT, NOT THE ONE THAT’S HANDED DOWN TO US
- 34. HOW TO HELP • Contribute to Mozilla: • http://www.mozilla.org/contribute • Build Mobile Web Apps: • https://marketplace.firefox.com/
- 35. THANK YOU @nitot