Chapters:
The Future Web Wants You.
2017 Extensible Web Lightning Talk
bkardell.com
Needs
Imagine you had an idea or found a problem...
Anyone can be involved in web standards.
OMG SO MANY THINGZ
Level up!
Invited Expert
But the costs are on you
Long term commitment.
Developer: Hi, I'm calling about...
Wait, why are you doing this again?
The reality is that whilst many of us would like to see change, due to time restrictions and lengthy formal processes we’re unable to participate in standards... This makes it difficult for web developers to have a voice.
- Addy Osmani 2011
The economics are broken.
Adding thousands or millions would be a mess anyway
we've got to find another way.
Web standards should be on fleek.
If only there were a way to get developers to talk about Web standards that where could "watch for words"...
Dude... There totally is.
Meetup
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Standards People
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A Goal
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Championing Voices
with data
Chapters =
That's it, in a nutshell.
Seems good bro.
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Not intimidating
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Effectively free
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Competition for attention / priorities is better...
The noise is localized
valuable information is carried
Developer: Hi, I'm calling about...
OMG I can use this to do useful things!
#extendthewebforward
https://github.com/JSFoundation/standards/issues
Meanwhile, Pittsburgh loves you.
https://www.codeandsupply.co/
Chapters.io
By Brian Kardell
