Laura James's talk at the Open internet of things assembly, London, June 2012

1. Open Internet of Things
Dr Laura James
Open Knowledge Foundation

2. Open Internet of Things

3. Open Internet of Things

4. Open Knowledge
Foundation
‘Open knowledge’ is any content, information or
data that people are free to use, re-use and
redistribute — without any legal, technological or
social restriction.

5. http://opendefinition.org/
Essentially: “a piece of content or data is open if anyone is
free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most,
to the requirement to attribute and share-alike.”.

6. not personal data /
knowledge / stuff

7. Why open data?

8. what do we get from open
data?

9. more
quantity changes quality

10. better

11. where are we with open
data today?

12. where are we with open
data today?

13. open what?

14. open lots of things

15. open data

16. open data
what’s personal data? what’s not personal data?

17. open data
let’s anonymise it all?

18. open data
need for privacy

19. open data
most people are not you (1)

20. open data
most people are not you (2)

21. open data
design for everyone, not just you

22. Security
Engineering
www.cl.cam.ac.uk/
~rja14/

23. open data standards
e.g. dataprotocols.org

24. open data catalog standards
spec.datacatalogs.org/

25. open data
think beyond databases

26. open data
think about alternatives

27. open data
personal containers
e.g. perscon.net

28. open data
big challenges, big rewards

29. open source software
choice + sustainability

30. open source software
transparency + trust

31. open hardware

32. open hardware
open what?

33. open cores
gates within FPGAs
and ASICs
e.g. opencores.org

34. open
electronics
circuit diagrams, board
layouts, bills of materials

35. open docs

36. open
network
protocols
e.g. ietf.org

37. open design

38. open design
working group
http://design.okfn.org
“We aim to use existing definitions
for inspiration: including the first
Open Design definition drafted in
2000, the Open Design Manifesto,
the Open Design page on
Wikipedia and the Open Hardware
definition.”

39. open web design
opendesigns.org

40. open graphic design
www.opengraphicdesign.com

41. open fonts
Open type design, SIL Open Font License

42. open product design
e.g. openmoko.org

43. open product design
e.g. sketchchair.cc

44. open fashion design
e.g. openwear.org

45. open architecture
openarchitecturenetwork.org

46. open innovation
e.g. 100% open www.100open.com

47. open recycling & reuse
e.g. ikeahackers.net

48. open access
e.g. access.okfn.org

49. open interior design?
e.g. instructablesrestaurant.com

50. open cars
e.g. riversimple.com

51. open public service design?
e.g.
www.openpublicservices.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

52. open manufacturing

53. open tools
e.g. makerbot.com

54. open sourcing
e.g. sourcemap.com

55. open testing
e.g. ethereal.com

56. open materials
e.g. openmaterials.org

57. what is all this open stuff?

58. what is all this open stuff?
is it design?

59. what is all this open stuff?
is it software?

60. what is all this open stuff?
is it processes?

61. what is all this open stuff?
is it data?

62. what is all this open stuff?
(it matters!)

63. open licences

64. open licensing
http://opendefinition.org/guide/

65. open educational resources
and other open educational stuff

66. School of Data
schoolofdata.org

67. stepping back
phew :)

68. changing the world

69. changing the world
why open?

70. changing the world
at scale

71. changing the world
sustainable

72. business models

73. business models
the internet of things is all about systems

74. business models
an example

75. business models
business model innovation

76. business models
why?

77. pragmatism

78. pragmatism
principles + practice

79. pragmatism
it’s why we are here

80. pragmatism
do you care if it’s turtles all the way down?

81. humility

82. humility

83. wrapping up:

84. know your goals

85. stay focussed

86. raise your sights

87. remember what open
means

88. thank you

89. thank you
Laura.James@okfn.org
LBJ.org.uk okfn.org
@LaurieJ @OKFN
@cammakespace