rejon is Jon Phillips.

I just gave my latest presentation, I talked about previously: Creating in the Cloud and Other Tales of Design Realidad. I made this presentation as a rallying cry that all of us in the FLOSS Creative Application Space need to step up our game in get more in the Autonomo.us Free Network Service movement and make some good online services, and just possibly make some money while at it, in a good (aka, non-evil) way.

Here’s the presentation I created all in Google Docs. I literally could not get OpenOffice.org (OO.o) to run on my computer when prepping this presentation, so I nuked using OO.o. I can’t stand it anymore. It is literally the last piece of software I used on my desktop. Now, I will only use web-based applications.

Here is the presentation on Scribd and Slideshare versions.

Please make some comments. I challenged people with 3 TODOs to take this discussion into action:

1. Survey what creative applications are needed to create: http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Wishlist
2. Connect with Autonomo.us
3. Get Hacking! Funding! Go! Go! Go!

Creating in the Cloud and Other Tales of Design Realidad

The trend towards web-based applications creates a question about the future of creativity on the web. With web projects like Aviary, Scribd and Slideshare, more people than ever have access to making and sharing creations. How do our beloved desktop applications such as Inkscape, Gimp, Scribus, Krita, and Blender fit into this new world wide web world order (NWWWWO)? How do our projects stay relevant in contemporary times as more users and technology move to use network services? How may we learn from the rapid development of web-based projects that don’t rely upon the ultra-long development cycles, arduous community learning curves and reliance upon cranky ingrained software development methodologies?

First, this presentation surveys the landscape of creative network services such as Aviary, DeviantArt, Scribd, and Docstoc. Then it investigates the the Free and Open Source Software (FLOSS) approach to on-line network services, Autonomo.us Free Network Services most commonly licensed with the GNU Affero GPL 3.0 software license. The Open Clip Art Library and Open Font Library communities are used as examples of pre-Free Network Services websites which can fit into the Autonomo.us Free Network Services definition.

This presentation is a call to arms for all FLOSS Graphics communities to think about how their applications integrate with the web, what pieces are missing, and how we can all collaborate on making a unlocked web-based graphics future.

And, here is the original Autonomou.us presentation I gave at Gnome.Asia which I realized I totally forgot to put online.