I’ll be heading to
DC on Monday to meet with my elected officials (I’ll be joining up with another
40+ technologists). We’re all participating in the Association for Competitive
Technology (ACT) Fly-In with a
simple objective – to educate and inform our representatives and their staff on
the tremendous opportunities (and potential risks) stemming from the emerging
$20B app economy.
Our message is
simple too. The pace of innovation and
growth taking place right now in the app economy is spectacular. …and we need to do whatever we can to ensure
that the app economy continues to grow – especially inside the US. What can the
federal government do? We need to increase capacity for mobile connectivity
(spectrum) – we need to ensure that developers can protect their intellectual
property and efficiently license their work across a variety of marketplaces. And of course – we need to strike that
delicate balance of ensuring consumer privacy without stifling the internet
economy (or handicapping US-based companies unfairly).
The role of
government is important – both in terms of what is should be doing – and in
terms of where it should be holding back. The greater development community also
has a critical role to play and has been working to find solutions on all of
these fronts (including the folks at PreEmptive and my own work inside Qi-fense
and The Mobile Yogi). …and we’re all looking forward to sharing our progress
with our lawmakers next week.
My view is that an
informed Congress will help all application stakeholders (both producers and
consumers) to continue to flourish. Some of you may find this post a bit
idealistic – but this will be my second jaunt to DC in this capacity; I “flew
in” last year too – and, amazingly, I think it mattered.
…and this year, well, I
AM from a swing state after all. Go Buckeyes!
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