focus

Focusthe value

of choosing

just

thing at

the bazaar

John O’Nolan@JohnONolan

Focus

FocusThe art and science

of saying

NO

The Beauty of

Open Source

Company

This. is. software development.

Company

LOLpany

The entire web is built on

open source

LinuxDrupal

wordpressjoomla

android

Bootstrap

github

php

Apachemysql

node.js

backbone

codeigniter

zend

django

Ruby on Railsunderscore

boilerplateNormalize

sourceforge

GNUmit

GPLubuntu

redhat

redhat

The Curse of

Open Source

Company

Company

Company0.1s faster!!!

6 months work

REWRITE IT

IN RAILS

I want 50GB

of free storage!

I want a

pink version!

I WANT IT TO

BE SMALLER, BIGGER, UPSIDE

DOWN, AND WITH

CHOCOLATE FUCKING SPRINKLES

Company

Company

Company

NO

YES!

YES!

YES!

YES!

yes?

YES!

YES!

YES!

YES!

Why is it so Hard For open source to Focus?

When You say NoEveryone will

disagree with you

Even When y0u’re right

No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.Slashdot

All that hype for an MP3 player?

Break-thru digital device?

!

The Reality Distortion Field is

starting to warp Steve's mind if he

thinks for one second that this

thing is gonna take off.

Macrumors Commenter

Saying No is HArd

Platform Thinking

The most amazing thing is that people use this product

in ways we never even imagined

New Feature

Does it make

this a better

mp3 player?

Kill it

No

Merge it!

Yes

New Feature

Does it make

this a better

mp3 player?

Kill it

No

Merge it!

Yes

Does it enable people

to use this thing

in a way we

never even imagined?

No Purpose

BuilD the TechnologyFigure out How People Use it

Figure Out How People Use It

Build The Technology

YES!

YES!

YES!

YES!

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!1!11!

YES!

YES!

YES!

Node.js

Month #14,000,000 pageviews

85,000 Users

75,000 Package Downloads

6,500 Github Stars

Why Node.js?

Out of The Box 680% faster

With Opcache 190% faster

Under Normal Load 1,900% faster

Old vs New

Source: http://bit.ly/fastghost

What Now?

Find a purpose

Say No

Make the Technology work around the user

Be Confident

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.Ghandi

Let’s make open source better

John O’Nolan @johnonolan

Rick Nunn Axel Tregoning Moyan Brenn William Stern Marcin Wichary

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