Opening Keynote
summary
Argues that software is reshaping entire industries with concrete examples: Skype handles 30% of global call volume, startups like Kickstarter, Airbnb, Uber and Codecademy change finance, housing, transport and education, and mobile usage shifts from ~90% desktop to ~70% mobile web traffic. Describes building a Node.js monitoring product that becomes commercial and is NodeFly acquired by StrongLoop, work connecting legacy data to new devices, and an election app that raised hundreds of millions and drove localized canvassing and push outreach.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and honor
- 1:24Personal journey and trends
- 3:31Entrepreneurial waves and timing
- 6:44Software eating the world
- 9:11Technology's growing impact
- 12:47Software shaping society
- 16:17Industries transformed by software
- 18:27Compute power moving closer
- 20:14Opportunities in mobile trends
- 22:00Catching the wave of change
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