Fridays are going to be Mobile Job Day at Mobile Jones, in an experiment to leverage the power of the blogging community to match qualified mobile engineers with available jobs in the mobile industry. Potential jobs will be vetted and job openings that require mobile technical skills will be posted only if they contribute to the value chain by offering a bounty to those who recommend a successful candidate. Given the recent discussion surrounding economies of interest, this experiment is an interesting one — not only does it proactively tap into the mobile blogging community, but it explores ways of "sharing the wealth," as it were.

In the Anil Dash - Caterina Fake discussion linked above, I agree with some flavors of both but not completely with either hyperbolic insistence on the need to compensate every web creator with either pure money or pure fame. I do get wary of the proliferation of Web 2.0 startups and VCs with dollar signs in their eyes hoping to cash in on the emergent, spontaneous creativity of the communities forming on their servers. I likewise get wary of individuals who see no value in doing anything without a paycheck attached. I am interested in exploring how we can use web-based technology to achieve a more equitable distribution of revenue among those who create and those who provide the tools and infrastructure for the production and distribution of that creativity. I am also interested in how people, regardless of the technologies involved, can learn to divest of greed and share revenues more equitably. Mobile Job Day is an interesting experiment socially, technologically and economically, and I'll be looking forward to getting updates on the program's progress.