Open Source Microblogging

Evan ProdromouControl Yourself, Inc.Open Web Vancouver 2009

My name is Evan.

My name is Evan.

I do microblogging.

I'm not Twitter.

That's OK.

100% of money on the Webis made by companiesthat aren't Twitter.

Not that I'm financially motivated.

Not entirely.

I am a passionate believer in Open Source

And Open Data

And Open Content

And Open Standards

For an Open Web.

Because it's a problem:

Software is moving into a cloud

Dominated by a fewcompanies.

We're moving from an Open, distributed, internetworked Web

To a collection ofOnline services, barelyconnected.

Facebook 2009=AOL 1992

Google = BitnetMySpace = ProdigyYahoo = GenieAmazon = CompuservMicrosoft = Microsoft

Worst of all, they're usurpingour desktop and server software, too.

This is bad for the Web,Bad for business,Bad for society.

Just ask Tim O'Reilly,IBM,Or the Economist.

I'm part of a workgroup calledautonomo.us

We are working on this problem from a number of angles.

Franklin Street Statementhttp://ur1.ca/tz

Open Source +Open Data +Open Standards =Open Software Services

I like starting Web sites.So that's how I'm contributing.

But where to start?

Status matters.

Microblogging

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