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)