Collapsonomics 101 - Finding Opportunity Amidst The Chaos
This talk will examine some of the opportunities that the current recession offer for the open web. From keeping your skills honed and relevant to accelerating the shift away from expensive licensing to taking advantage of economies of scale by pushing your services to the cloud and extending into mobile, this session will look at how best to focus entrepreneurial time and resources during what is sure to be a bumpy transition from late stage capitalism to some semblance of sustainability.
Scott Nelson started one of Canada's first web development firms in 1993 (Communicopia) and has made his living from the Internet ever since. He co-founded FreeGeek Vancouver, Indymedia, the Vancouver Open Network Initiative Cooperative and served on the board of the Vancouver Community Net for 5 years.
