The Internet of Everything meets the Internet of Place

Digital TogetherJon Pratty

What have I been up to?

• Developing digital learning clusters in Margate, Eastbourne and Oxford

• Initiating Brighton Digital Festival• Advising Brighton Fuse report• Developing Culture Kent open data arts/tourism

project• Associate director, Tech Resort CCF project• Digital Public Space forum core member • Ideas Test Ideas Camps & Webinar

Mobile culture

Mobile Culture

• Mobile is the most commonly-used way to access digital

• About 20% of ACE-funded websites in SE are mobile friendly

• In Wordpress, it’s a simple to go mobile• Text shorter, simpler messaging• Think about menus • Changes how and why people use web

Digital as a dimension of everything

Digital as a dimension of everything

• Digital in every section of the business plan• Social media changes way we use web • Many businesses now shaped by social media• Information strategy becoming key to business• Google Analytics measures activity live• How should businesses run if we can see live

data about usage/consumption/rejection?

Data is everywhere

Data everywhere

• In the supermarket – SKU number• On trains/planes – seats are a commodity• When you buy a house – Right Move• When you walk the high street • If you go to a show• All this can be measured• Will it change how and what you produce?

Connectivity everywhere

Connectivity everywhere

• If you can access the web on Hastings pier, what do you want to know?

• Why are online museum collections anchored to websites in buildings?

• Can we re-engineer online collections so they are distributed everywhere? Findable everywhere?

• Augmented reality/sounds/data interactions• Sensors feeding data around us

Young people and the digital economy

Young people and the digital economy

• Commercial digital learning economy moving much faster than the public sector

• Young people successfully starting digital businesses

• Design/Tech curriculum unreformed• Business studies curriculum unreformed• Pathways to digital careers – priority• Talent is at least a generation younger

New economies and new products

• Digital learning – a new marketplace?• Hybrid creative digital learning products• Knowledge economy• Free or not? Commons or paid for? • Data as a brand• Brokers and makers of meaning• Niche information specialists

Smart regions, not smart cities

Smart regions, not smart cities

• Smart cities agendas – people or platforms?• Too much about data, not enough about

societies• Wealth of data• Broadband for business is key• Joined-up data strategies across places• Take connectivity and skills on the road• Think about the digital divide

The Internet of Place

The Internet of Place

• Connected fridges? No.• Connected government services? Yes. • Geography – all around us• Culture – all around us• Environment • People• Representation • Better services

Skills for the Future

Skills for the future

• Not developing, coding, understanding digital systems or having your teeth pulled out

• Culture, learning and relationships are key • Our world is becoming a giant database• Everything is connected• Understanding new connections is key• But it’s not about technology

Back to reality

Back to reality

• Flag yourself to the web, make your culture findable

• Think about what data is• Work out what your needs are• Take small steps• Think about how things connect, how context

works• Understand brand values of data• Keep quality at the heart of the data and info plan

That’s all

Jon PrattyCreative Digital ProducerPeople In IT Ltdjonnypratty@gmail.comImages by JP