The presentation done at the Anahita DocCamp 2013 about what inspired building this open source platform and framework. Anahita a remarkable social networking platform for building apps and services that connect people, places, and things.

1. Social Networking Platform & Framework

2. GetAnahita.com
@anahitapolis #anahita #doccamp2013

3. Rastin Mehr
@rastin

4. In 2005 developing K12 learning software for an education services company.

6. Data Modelling

7. Data Modelling

8. Data Modelling

9. Software = code + database

10. A brain doesn’t need data modelling

11. Neuroplasticity
A brain rewires itself as it interacts with the
surroundings.

13. Why not putting a brain at the center of our systems and organizations?

14. What is a brain?

15. A network of brain cells or neurons

16. Dendrites
Axon
A neuron cell

17. Social Graph
Identity
Feed

18. A brain is
a social network of brain cells

19. The Human Brain
social Network
100 billion members each have 10,000 friends

20. Build on a social networking foundation

21. Who is doing it?
the list goes on ...

22. How to build a brain?
or the social network foundation

23. Nodes: everything and everybody

24. Graph: all the relationships

25. Stories: exchanging updates

26. Nodes-Graphs-Stories

27. Nodes
Actors, Mediums, Knowledge, Locations

28. Actor Node
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has an identity (name, bio)
has stories to tell
can be followed (may or may not follow back
cannot be owned
has to the right to own things (notes,
pictures, pages, videos, documents, etc.)

29. Actors
People, Groups, Companies, Events

30. Other Actors
A Project or Inquiry in a CRM

31. Medium Nodes
Photos, topics, blogs, todos, videos

32. Medium Node
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2.
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has a title and description at least
has an owner
can be commented on
can be liked or voted on
can be made private

33. Graphs
Social (Actors), Knowledge (#), Locations(!)

34. Graph is Gold!
they connect the dots and give us insights

35. Stories
Updates about notifications and media in a
chronological order.

36. Anahita
Platform and Framework
for building apps and services

37. Apps & Services
that connect People, Places, and Things

38. LAMP
Linux, Apache or Nginx, MySql, PHP

39. Open Source
released under GPL3

40. Fork Anahita on GitHub
GitHub.com/AnahitaSocial

41. Saves you time and $
up to 500~700 hours

42. Provides the essentials
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Actor Nodes (people, groups)
Medium Nodes
Story feeds
Privacy
Voting (Likes, +1)
Commenting
Apps (Photos, Topics, Todos, Pages, …)

43. Handles complexity in a simple fashion
the old fashion way
SELECT DISTINCT photo.mimetype , photo.id , photo.component
, photo.filename , photo.hits , photo.vote_up_count , photo.
vote_down_count , photo.voter_up_ids , photo.voter_down_ids
, photo.access , photo.permissions , photo.shared_owner_ids
, photo.shared_owner_count , photo.owner_id , photo.
owner_type , photo.comment_status , photo.comment_count ,
photo.last_comment_on , photo.last_comment_by , photo.meta ,
photo.created_on , photo.modified_on , photo.created_by ,
photo.modified_by , photo.subscriber_count , photo.
subscriber_ids , photo.name , photo.body , photo.alias ,
photo.type FROM jos_anahita_nodes AS `photo` INNER JOIN
jos_anahita_nodes AS comments ON photo.id = comments.
parent_id AND comments.type LIKE '|AnSeNode|AnSeComment|%'
INNER JOIN jos_anahita_nodes AS author ON comments.
created_by = author.id AND author.type LIKE
'|AnSeNode|AnSeActor|AnSePerson|%' INNER JOIN
jos_anahita_edges AS person_followers ON author.id =
person_followers.node_b_id AND person_followers.type LIKE
'|AnSeEdge|AnSeGraph|AnSeGraphFollow|%' WHERE (photo.type
LIKE '|AnSeNode|AnSeMedium|ComPhotosModelPhoto|%') AND ( (
photo.owner_id = 1 AND photo.owner_type = 'lib.anahita.se.
person') AND person_followers.node_a_id IN ( 1 ) )
the Anahita way
$viewer->photos->where('comments.author', 'IN',
$viewer->leaders);

44. Customizable
Everything from the core classes to UIs

45. Native Template Engine
Twitter Bootstrap + Less CSS

46. Build APIs as you go
RESTFUL & JSON

47. By developers for developers
Install and manage
using command line.

48. The Community
Sharing the fruit of knowledge

49. The Anahita Tribes
hackers, hackerpreneurs, and entrepreneurs

50. Highest Activities
● Online Learning & Knowledge Sharing
● Business Networking
● Niche communities (Gaming, LGBT,
Hobbies, etc.)

51. Community Projects

58. On The Outlook
What’s next?

59. Our top priorities
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7.
Implementing #hashtags & Location graphs
Sharing
Mentions @username
Responsive UIs + MobileFirst design approach
iOS and Android SDKs
Taking out 3rd party legacy code
Rebuilding the admin back-end

60. Call to action
Join our tribes

61. Are you a startup?
We want to hear your story

62. Are you a hacker?
become an Anahita contributor

63. We need the following skills
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MVC & Design Patterns.
Git and Composer
PHP, Javascript (mootools, JQuery), HTML5
iOS and Android Frameworks
setting up LAMP on RackSpace, Amazon, OpenShift.

64. Thank you!
No seriously, you were wonderful!

65. Questions?