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Open Top Ten from Tim O'Reilly
At DrupalCon 2010, Tim O'Reilly shared his favorite open source technologies and projects. We've compiled a list of the top 10 cutting-edge open resources he shared in his keynote address. Tim is the CEO of O'Reilly Media, publishers of all the IT books with animals on the covers.
1. Open Source Cloud Platforms
Eucalyptus Public Cloud, Ubuntu Cloud, and Apache Hadoop
2. Distributed Databases
3. Makers, hackers, robots, sensors & DIY
4. Open Source Hardware for Embedded Systems
Arduino and the Arduino Cookbook
5. Credit Card Processing for the Masses
Square is a small device to process payments using an iPhone or iPad. It can geo-tag the transaction, take a picture of the signature or the buyer, and save a secure digital receipt.
6. Open Source Street Maps
The Open Street Map project
7. Crowdsourcing Crisis Information
Ushahidi created in Africa and used in Haiti
8. Open Data Sharing
Salmon Protocol, the Open Web Foundation, and Greenplum Chorus
9. Open Source Social Networking
Open Social from Google
10. Open Democracy
MySociety helps report potholes and petition the prime minister, the U.S. Government is now making data available at Data.gov, and Code for America to start writing open web 2.0 tools for city government.
Watch the full Keynote Address from Tim O'Reilly to learn more about Tim's vision for open source and open data in the cloud era.
