Kingston beta

Digital Jobs for our Digital Future Marc Canter Kingston Beta June 24 th , 2010

Workforce Development efforts
Third Frontier = $1B, 55k Jobs = $57k per job

Isn’t there a more efficient way to create Jobs!
Digital divide is not economic
Can’t we use social media to create Jobs?
Can’t we use public money – better?

The real-time Web can help
Live Video-help is the safety net
Two-way conversations
Help is always there – whenever you need it

I came to NEO
To do the “ Digital City project ”
Teach at Case
Change the way we think about Jobs
Start another Billion dollar company
Enjoy the lifestyle, food, schools, housing
To find REAL people, ethnicity, diversity

I did the same thing in Jamaica almost 20 years ago

Principles
Connect Meatspace to Cyberspace
Human facilitation
Tech won’t do it by itself
Dashboards = equalizer
Connect Haves to Have Nots
Open source, freemium pricing
Open Web, Open Ideas
Open Source, Open Standards

On-line world connects to the real world
Getting people comfortable with computers
All jobs in the future will require tech skills
Human facilitation = “secret sauce”

Keep your priorities straight
Family comes first
Software is about changing the world,
not making money

Three areas converging

Jobs won’t be full-time, they’ll be project oriented

$1T worth of Multimedia needs to get created

Multimedia Encyclopedias
Animated Charts of battles
Videos and exploded annotated diagrams
Interactive simulations of Polymer Molecules
3d Visualizations
Interactive games
Dynamic data

Software as infrastructure
Common, free, always-on
Cloud services, Inside-the-Firewall
Open Government
Hardware, Bandwidth, Servers, Access Applications and Services Solutions, Compelling Experiences

“ Citizen Dashboards”
Open standard based
Integrated services
Aggregated content and people
Highly customizable

Webcams and Location pages
See top 16 webcams, editorially selected
Rotate throughout the day
Click on webcam, go to a location page
Location pages:
Who lives by
Photos, videos
Other webcams
Leave comments,
Reviews, Media, Links
On shared servers

A Community Activity Stream

Family
Shared media collections
School participation
After school orgs
All members of the family tied in
Car ‘puter
Health
Vacations
Church/Synagogue

Digital Jobs
Multimedia production work
Independent contractors
Virtual office worker, book keeping
Multimedia business directory
Independent marketing or sales rep
Tech support
Health concierge

Looking to hire
5 hired, 4,995 to go……
Case Connection Zone
iDEA Institute
Civic Commons
Medical startups
Community groups
Programmers UI Designers VP of Engineering

I’m a product guy
Software veteran = 30+ years
Co-founder of MacroMind, became Macromedia
Interactive Music Videos
Interactive TV tools
Early AJAX
Community Commons
Open Social Networking
Open Standards

I often scare people
Use my Operatic training to stand out
Ask hard questions, put people on the spot
Think real hard, and fast, in real-time
Opinionated
Outspoken
……… . for a reason

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by Marc Canter on Jun 29, 2010

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