focus
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My talk at DrupalCamp Vienna 2013TRANSCRIPT
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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