Talk for final session of Informal Economy, Oct 12, 2012 in Barcelona.

1. Small Tech
Big Informality:
Informal Economies and Small Technology
Scott Smith
Changeist
@changeist

2. Meta-unstable
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/10/metainstability.html
Image: Flickr / Doyoubleedlikeme

3. Image: Flickr / Doyoubleedlikeme

4. Image: Flickr / kjrob

5. Complexity
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Thermodynamics
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Demographics
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Values
Image: Flickr / Godwind

6. Patents
Image: Flickr / dannysullivan

7. Growth
Functional
Innovation
Resilience

8. Image: Flickr / John McNab

9. Image: Flickr / Icarus Kuwait

10. Complexity
Informality
Formality
Simplicity

14. Image: Make

18. Image: Flickr / hhjj

19. Image: Wired

20. Pirate
P2P
Skunkworks
Austerity
DIY
Connected
Cultures
of
Informality
Lightweight
Tools
and
Pla1orms

21. Opportunities
• Shift from capture and conversion to
co-existence and collaboration.
• Focus on adaptability and permeability
• Understand graceful decay
• Selective injection and open ports
• Light-touch enablement

22. Thank you!
ssmith@changeist.com
@changeist
www.changeist.com