Kin Lane
API Evangelist
The Global Trend of Platformification
Nordic APIs - October, 2014
- Some Quick Background On Myself...
- 25 Years Database Engineer
- 15 Years Web Applications
- 8 Years Cloud Computing
- 4 Years Studying APIs
The API Evangelist
Target
- Individuals
- Startups
- SMB
- Enterprise
- Government
Platformification!
(is that a word?)
Everyone Wants To Be A Platform!!
What Is A Platform?
Oil Platform?
Train Platform?
Viewing Platform?
Diving Platform?
Political Platform?
Hunting Platform?
Platform Shoes?
Not The Right Platform?
Launch Developer Portal
Documentation
Code Libraries
Software Development Kits (SDK)
Magic
Developers Will Come!
Developers Will Come!
Software Development Kits (SDK)
Bad Apples (SDK)
Self-Service
Self-Service
Cool New Products
Cool New Products
More Traffic
More Traffic
Operational Transparency
Too Much Transparency
Security!
Privacy!
Stability!
Support!
Communication!
Terms of Service
Hard Work
Take a Team
Oil Platform?
Train Platform?
Viewing Platform?
Diving Platform?
Political Platform?
Hunting Platform?
Platform Shoes?
Platforms != Tech
Silos
The End
By Kin Lane (@kinlane)
