Northern Voice: Chris Messina on the open web – and what threatens to close it up

Chris Messina, Google‘s new open web advocate, just wrapped Northern Voice’s second keynote with a call for the defence of the open web from the gatekeeper mentality. (Which is why I just hit “publish” on my last blog post – it covers some of the same terrain, and I’d like to contribute to that conversation.)

I’m liking this no-PowerPoint thing a lot. Here are my notes from Chris’s speech:

And yes, the iPad I drew this on is one example of that locked-down, gate-keeper, appliance model that Chris dubs “pop computing”. But as he points out, those can be great… provided they’re not your only device.

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8 Responses to “Northern Voice: Chris Messina on the open web – and what threatens to close it up”

1. May 8th, 2010 at 11:32
   Tweets that mention Northern Voice: Chris Messina on the open web – and what threatens to close it up -- Topsy.com says:
   

   [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Rob Cottingham and theolamb, ericpromislow. ericpromislow said: Chris Messina's Northern Voice keynote on the web, summed up visually at http://bit.ly/bvFLJd by Rob Cottingham #nv10 [...]



2. May 8th, 2010 at 14:10
   Chris Messina says:
   

   Wow, this is totally awesome.

   Also, how did you know that I sleep naked? (#overshare ?)

   ;)



3. May 8th, 2010 at 15:03
   Phillipd says:
   

   Rob, this is awesome. Great way to remember it! I wasn’t sure if Chris’ pop computing was the best term in opposition to generative but I’m not sure what is.

4. May 9th, 2010 at 10:02
   msj says:
   

   links for 2010-05-09…

   Rob Cottingham » Northern Voice: Chris Messina on the open web – and what threatens to close it up Provost Pictures | The Beast of Bottomless Lake | Home Michael Nielsen » Introduction to the Polymath Project and “Density……



5. May 9th, 2010 at 14:16
   Arjun Singh says:
   

   Thanks so much for these awesome graphic notes Rob!
   Sorry I missed talking to you face to face this year. Not entirely sure how that happened and I’m mad at myself for not making more of an effort to chat.

6. May 10th, 2010 at 08:54
   Marc's Voice » Rob Cottingham on Chris Messina says:
   

   [...] Rob points out that he drew these drawings on what Chris calls “Pop Computing”. Clearly its the battle between open and closed which will define our generation. [...]

7. May 10th, 2010 at 17:04
   Northern Voice 2010: The Great, the Meh and the Ugly | Kim Werker says:
   

   [...] painfully overtired (thank you, Cleo, for waking me up at 5:30 that morning). Chris Messina’s keynote address was perfect. It was to the point and smart and well-delivered and thought-provoking. And, unlike [...]

8. May 10th, 2010 at 19:54
   Holy Moly » Blog Archive » Also, how did you know that I sleep naked? (#overshare ?) says:
   

   [...] some of the same terrain, and I’d like to contribute to that conversation.)robcottingham.ca, Rob Cottingham » Northern Voice: Chris Messina on the open web – and what threatens to close it u… May 2010 [...]

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