My talk at DrupalCamp Vienna 2013

1. Focus
the value
of choosing
just
thing at
the bazaar

2. John O’Nolan
@JohnONolan

4. Focus

5. Focus
The art
and science
of saying

6. NO

7. The Beauty
of
Open Source

8. Company

9. This. is.
software development.

13. Company

14. LOLpany

15. The entire web
is built on
open source

16. js
android
codeigniter
sourceforge
django boilerplate
redhat
Normalize Drupal
GPL
mysql
mit
wordpress
github
Linux
rscore
Ruby on Rails
Bootstrap
redhat
ubuntu
backbone
GNU
Apa
joomla
zend
php

17. The Curse
of
Open Source

18. Company

19. Company

20. Company
0.1s faster!!
6 months work
REWRITE IT
IN RAILS
I want a
pink version!
I WANT IT TO
BE SMALLER, BIGGER, UPSIDE
DOWN, AND WITH
CHOCOLATE
FUCKING SPRINKLES
I want 50GB
of free storage!

21. Company

22. Company

23. Company
NO

25. YES!
YES!
YES!
YES!
YES!
YES!
YES!
YES!
yes?

28. Why is it so Hard For
open source to Focus?

29. When You say No
Everyone will
disagree with you
Even When y0u’re right

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

32. 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

33. Saying No is HArd

34. Platform Thinking

35. The most amazing thing
is that people use this product
in ways we never even imagined

36. New Feature
Does it make
this a better
mp3 player?
No
Yes
Kill it
Merge it!

37. New Feature
Does it enable people
to use this thing
in a way we
never even imagined?
Does it make
this a better
mp3 player?
No
Yes
Kill it
Merge it!

39. No Purpose

40. BuilD the Technology
Figure out How People Use it

41. Figure Out How People Use It
Build The Technology

45. YES!
YES!
YES!
YES!
YES!
YES!
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!1!11!
YES!

48. Node.js

52. Month #1
4,000,000 pageviews
85,000 Users
75,000 Package Downloads
6,500 Github Stars

53. Why Node.js?

54. Old vs New
Out of The Box
With Opcache
Under Normal Load
680% faster
190% faster
1,900% faster
Source: http://bit.ly/fastghost

55. What Now?

57. Find a purpose

58. Say No

59. Make the Technology work
around the user

60. Be Confident

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

62. Let’s make open source better
John O’Nolan
@johnonolan

63. Photo Credits
Rick Nunn
Axel Tregoning
Moyan Brenn
William Stern
Marcin Wichary