Keynote - Evaluating technology
summary
Argues that the right test for new web tech is the concrete failure mode not the hype and gives specific examples: how well does it fail as the key question, service workers are powerful and service workers fail really well because first visits remain normal, web components’ resilience depends on how they’re written (fallback content vs JS-only), and progressive web apps reduce to HTTP plus a service worker and a manifest so any site can qualify. Cites canvas/video fallback, Guardian offline crossword, Polymer shop rendering problems, and HTML design principles.
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chapters (26)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:47Some Code
- 2:03Specialization
- 4:16Cooperation
- 7:41Hardware and software
- 9:12Hardware is irrelevant
- 10:34The worldwide when
- 12:05The World Wide Web
- 14:54HTML Elements
- 18:13How well does it work
- 20:32Service Workers
- 22:19How does it work
- 24:34Web Components
- 31:09Extensible Web
- 37:41Who benefits
- 39:56Inward facing technologies
- 42:16Assumptions
- 43:31Software is opinionated
- 44:38The history of technology
- 45:21Hedy Lamarr
- 47:01Technological Determinism
- 47:56Technological Singularity
- 49:43Kevin Kelley
- 50:50Amish
- 51:18Questions
- 54:04Douglas Adams quote
