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Seeking a talented front end web designer to join an experienced start-up team. Primary responsibility will be to assist in development of creative solutions in web interface design and data visualization for a completely new web application. While we value experience and a proven track record, what we value even more is fresh ideas and a strong desire to create new solutions for navigating data in today's Web 2.0 environment.

A strong portfolio and work experience are welcome, but we're really looking for a passionate maverick with attention to detail. The technical skills we would also favor include (note that the candidate needs to be comfortable, not an expert, in these areas):

- Experience in Adobe Flash 8/9 Platform (Design, Components, Animation)
- Skilled with GIMP, Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator
- Ability to take designs from flat file to high standard XHTML/CSS compliance quickly and in multiple environments.
- Innovative ideas and familiarity with the issues involved in data visualization and interface design;

Nice to Haves:
- Experience in Actionscript, especially working together with server-side data;
- Working knowledge of Javascript (and ideally AJAX)
- Understanding of usability, workflow of Web 2.0 platforms

This position would be ideal for an upcoming young designer/design student looking for an opportunity to create impact. We are a globally-oriented and merit-based organization, with exciting job growth opportunities. We believe in hiring great talent and compensating accordingly.

If you feel these criteria match you,please contact us at job-601310144 at craigslist dot org

Telecommuting is ok.
This is a part-time, contract job.

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The days of Virtual Worlds are beginning. The new era is beginning. Everyone should just forget lot of text web-pages and move over to installing hostable teleportable virtual world servers. The race is on to develop the first teleportable(jump address), apache like deployable Virtual World servers connected to the Social Networking OS. Just as you own your websites, you should now host or run your virtual world on easily deployable Virtual Machine images on scalable grid computers. Run corporate or social networks with multiple tradeable currencies, predictive markets, in-game gaming clubs/casionos linked to real world variables, p2p authority less utopia with fewer ground rules. We need a URI namespace for teleports. Presence environment, ability to embed browser/browser plugins, OS capabilities to render 3D to build Virtual Reality Worlds. We'll we see the legendary e-gods from ohmygawd inc. in the virtual worlds soon. Anyone for Wifi-Shaivite sect in my Virtual World.

Just after I quit my previous employer, I and my friend wanted to create a generic social network platform usable by applications as diverse as CRM, Sales Channels, Company Intranets, Hiring to generic social network updates to new services agreeing to allow social network access to their networks on a trust propagation model. We even agreed on a list of 12 social networking startups possible over the next 12 months. The only catch was that the Social Networking OS we had was a bunch of API's and not a live userbase we could use, we agreed that we don't don't want to build another orkut and it seemed too pointless to build an API that the big guys won't be using a standard of social network updates from small guys and give up control over their data. Now here comes facebook almost 14 months later with a platform backed by strength of user numbers and long line-up of partners.

In the context of startups Idea Arbitrage can be defined as re-using an innovative idea in one geographical region and replicate its success elsewhere with a local adaptation of the idea. Examples of successful Idea Arbitrage implementations
Naukri.com, A general purpose job site
Baazi.com , An e-bay like auction site
Then there are other not so well known knock-offs of popular successful ideas like
Bixee.com, uses the general idea from simplyhired.com
apnamarket.com a craigslist knockoff for local classifieds for free

Not all great ideas can actually have the benefit of a geographical arbitrage.
e.g. who would care for gmail.com locally adapted.

A higher form of idea arbitrage is second mover advantage for idea guerillas, look at all the good ideas in early stage(when these startups in the valley are funded with less than 5 million USD which doesn't last long in the silicon valley: VC portfolios are a great place to locate these) and do a cheap knock-off sitting in India with using the same general idea using "labour arbitrage". At the worst the Valley fat cats will need to buy you off, at its best you might be able to kill them or buy them. We live in interesting times.

Of course there is real innovation that needs to be done in the global marketplace but nothing beats turning the whole outsourcing game on its head.

Currently what happens is

Innovators in Valley create a product or think through an idea -> VCs invest into them -> The VC money is used rather inefficiently to outsource the product development to India with attendent troubles of communicating daily dose of innovation at the Silicon Valley office(or New Jersey or whatever) to Bangalore(or Noida or Gurgaon) -> Indians working for Outsourcing industry create these products or help create these products

Now if we could just change the whole equation a bit with
Indian Innovators working in India with a second mover advantage re-implement the idea on their own to compete with fresh ideas funded int the valley -> Valley VCs fund them( now what did you think was missing piece in India ) -> A more efficient eco-system ready take on the cyber-coolies and long distance communication in-efficiencies is born.

This doesn't happen automatically , the first wave of indian startups will necessarily need to do the damage without the benefit of valley VCs until they ( Valley VCs ) see the money they spent on valley startups going down against competition from second movers in India.