A presentation at JAMstack SF Meetup by Bryan Robinson
The DIY Web Where we are, how we got here and where we can go @brob bryanlrobinson.com
Who am I? • • Front-end Developer and Designer • Free-agent Dev advocate (CSS and JAMstack) • • • Host: That’s My JAMstack Been doing this web thing about 14 years Cloudinary MDE Egghead Instructor bryanlrobinson.com
Dirty Secret I have a degree in Philosophy bryanlrobinson.com
I LOVE bookstores bryanlrobinson.com
Here I am at a bookstore This is just a re-enactment bryanlrobinson.com
Where are the Web books? In Technology bryanlrobinson.com
By the Business books… And this makes me sad bryanlrobinson.com
Why so blue panda bear? Why the hell does this matter? bryanlrobinson.com
Here’s the problem: Language can affect perception bryanlrobinson.com
This is Linguistic Relativism bryanlrobinson.com
The Russian Blues • Goluboy (light blue) vs. Sinoy (dark blue) • First study (2007 by Lera Boroditsky) to determine differences between shades • Second study (2018 by Martin Maier and Rasha Rahman) to determine if these color words aided other perceptions Sources: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-language-affects-what-we-see/ https://www.pnas.org/content/104/19/7780 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797618782181 bryanlrobinson.com
What does this categorization tell us? bryanlrobinson.com
Technology is only valuable in the sense of business bryanlrobinson.com
This is where we are. bryanlrobinson.com
How did we get here? bryanlrobinson.com
1990s • The Web is born. • Sir Tim Berners-Lee creates HTML, HTTP, and the World Wide Web Browser • Starts off for academics • Moves on to geeks of the world! bryanlrobinson.com
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Space Jam When no one cares, you can do amazing things bryanlrobinson.com
Where did we go “wrong?” bryanlrobinson.com
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What can we do? Make things for ourselves; Encourage others; Change the narrative @brob bryanlrobinson.com
The dream of the 90s is alive on JAMstack bryanlrobinson.com
Apps, blogs, whatever bryanlrobinson.com
Build your own bookmarker https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/10/bookmarking-application-faunadb-netlify-11ty/ bryanlrobinson.com
It’s yours to customize bryanlrobinson.com
Personal weight loss app https://timbenniks.nl/writings/fatty-is-alive/ bryanlrobinson.com
Build your own weather checker https://dev.to/moigonzalez/show-dev-raspberrypi-weather-fuelled-by-netlify-functions-and-preact-bne bryanlrobinson.com
Own your resumé https://mxb.dev/blog/eleventy-resume-builder/ bryanlrobinson.com
Own your content https://personalsit.es/ bryanlrobinson.com
What’s the biggest issue? We’re missing voices. @brob bryanlrobinson.com
Teach someone! Help someone build a fan site even if it’s “just” HTML bryanlrobinson.com
Everyone has a passion https://bryanlrobinson.com/blog/bring-fansites-back-to-the-web/ bryanlrobinson.com
Let’s go forward in a DIY web • Build something not for 💰 • Own your personal brand 🤗 • Teach someone $ % bryanlrobinson.com
Want to argue? • • • Twitter: @brob Twitch: twitch.tv/bryanlrobinson Personal Site: bryanlrobinson.com bryanlrobinson.com
Society’s perception of the web has changed. What was once a DIY paradise has neatly converted itself into a commercial juggernaut. The web’s commercial power keeps us all well-employed, but what have we lost since the days of the DIY movement? In this talk, we’ll examine what has changed and how the JAMstack is positioning itself as a prime avenue to bring back personal projects, sites and apps in a big way.
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