Although there are numerous websites dedicated to promoting new bands and new music, I have found twitter surprisingly enough, to be the best. For example, I found the amazing band "A Fine Frenzy" a few weeks back. Although my typical taste for music has always been Ska, Punk rock and Industrial...they have quickly grown to be one of my favorite artist.
http://www.afinefrenzy.com/
http://twitter.com/AFineFrenzy
Definitely worth checking out!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The new innovation model
For decades the business world was built upon the innovation model, however in today's global community driven environment, the standard internal R&D teams of yesteryear are now having to rethink how things are done. We all know the famous phrase "two heads are better than one" however, what we all need to realize is that the phrase is certainly scalable; it should be adjusted to reflect the modern world: "1 million heads are better than 1 thousand".
Companies such as IBM for example, whom once based their business on proprietary software and internal innovation, are now embracing open source. As a result, they have regained the respect of the public and have made a pretty nice profit while doing so. They still have an internal R&D department, but now days, a good percentage of their work deals with collaborating with the open source community.
Startups are popping up everywhere, everyday. Each share the same basic idea: "Create a product or service in which people want to use. Provide something fun and cool, or helpful to the community. Profit is later gained by the value of said community". The even more clever side of this is that, you typically do not even need to provide content. You let the community do that for you! Think about google for a moment...where would they be if no one was willing to share their ideas, knowledge, information, etc?
"Internal innovation" is far from being dead, however it now has a much different face. The new innovation model stems from the community in an indirect way. Those whom embrace the modern world of communication, openness and collaboration, each have the potential of becoming 'the next google'. The modern web is proving to be a fertile breeding ground for new ideas and innovations that the larger corporations may not ever catch on to or do not consider to be within their companies areas of focus. So, who exactly can gain the most from embracing collaboration and social trends? You !
Every new social network spawns thousands of new possibilities for innovation and 'invention'. For example, consider Twitter. Twitter is close to becoming a house hold name, just as Google did and shortly after, MySpace. Twitter is an extremely valuable tool for creative thinking and innovation. Look at the hundreds, maybe even thousands of startups whom are emerging simply by creating new ways for users to use twitter!
This sort of innovation is happening all of the time. However, once and a while a simple idea for an innovation can turn into a full fledged 'invention' idea, something that hasn't been done before or maybe has, but didn't quite smack the nail on the head. It can be said that all invention and innovation are a direct result of some problem or question. For example, Tom, the creator of MySpace may have been surfing the net one day and thought to him self "I wish there was a cool site in which I can share with the world who I am. A place where I can meet new people and communicate with my existing friends...".
In summary, when I use the words 'internal innovation' I am referring to the ideas that can be sparked in each and every persons mind. It should not be thought of any more as a relic of the past but as a reformed, reinvented concept. It's R&D department, your own imagination. It's funding - your time and passion.
Companies such as IBM for example, whom once based their business on proprietary software and internal innovation, are now embracing open source. As a result, they have regained the respect of the public and have made a pretty nice profit while doing so. They still have an internal R&D department, but now days, a good percentage of their work deals with collaborating with the open source community.
Startups are popping up everywhere, everyday. Each share the same basic idea: "Create a product or service in which people want to use. Provide something fun and cool, or helpful to the community. Profit is later gained by the value of said community". The even more clever side of this is that, you typically do not even need to provide content. You let the community do that for you! Think about google for a moment...where would they be if no one was willing to share their ideas, knowledge, information, etc?
"Internal innovation" is far from being dead, however it now has a much different face. The new innovation model stems from the community in an indirect way. Those whom embrace the modern world of communication, openness and collaboration, each have the potential of becoming 'the next google'. The modern web is proving to be a fertile breeding ground for new ideas and innovations that the larger corporations may not ever catch on to or do not consider to be within their companies areas of focus. So, who exactly can gain the most from embracing collaboration and social trends? You !
Every new social network spawns thousands of new possibilities for innovation and 'invention'. For example, consider Twitter. Twitter is close to becoming a house hold name, just as Google did and shortly after, MySpace. Twitter is an extremely valuable tool for creative thinking and innovation. Look at the hundreds, maybe even thousands of startups whom are emerging simply by creating new ways for users to use twitter!
This sort of innovation is happening all of the time. However, once and a while a simple idea for an innovation can turn into a full fledged 'invention' idea, something that hasn't been done before or maybe has, but didn't quite smack the nail on the head. It can be said that all invention and innovation are a direct result of some problem or question. For example, Tom, the creator of MySpace may have been surfing the net one day and thought to him self "I wish there was a cool site in which I can share with the world who I am. A place where I can meet new people and communicate with my existing friends...".
In summary, when I use the words 'internal innovation' I am referring to the ideas that can be sparked in each and every persons mind. It should not be thought of any more as a relic of the past but as a reformed, reinvented concept. It's R&D department, your own imagination. It's funding - your time and passion.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
A pool of thought...
Every once and a while, I like to simply write about random things without any sense of direction or without making any certain points. This is one of those days..
Twitter. I love twitter and I think that everyone in the world should create an account..and actually use it instead of letting it go to waist or paying pr people to update it. I've found that I now check my twitter way more often than my email or any other social networks I have an account with. You can meet so many cool people and get a real feel for who your friends, family, co workers and even those you may never meet in real life...who they really are by what they "tweet".
Music. I've been listening to a lot of punk and ska lately. NoFX, Real Big Fish, Catch 22, Street Dogs, etc.
Books. I finished the Harry Potter series a month ago and now I'm reading Wikinomics and "How to re imagine the world" which both have been great so far. I'm just about done with both however so I'm on the lookout for another good book to start on next. My goal was to read at least 10 non tech books this year so I'm off to a good start.
Blogging ok so I've had this blog for a while now and I often change it to reflect changes in my life style/thinking. From here on out however, I plan on using this blog to share videos, stories and other cool stuff I find online. Yeah, maybe everyone does this but the cool thing is that no one does it exactly the same as we all have our own unique personalities.
Ok well until next time!
Twitter. I love twitter and I think that everyone in the world should create an account..and actually use it instead of letting it go to waist or paying pr people to update it. I've found that I now check my twitter way more often than my email or any other social networks I have an account with. You can meet so many cool people and get a real feel for who your friends, family, co workers and even those you may never meet in real life...who they really are by what they "tweet".
Music. I've been listening to a lot of punk and ska lately. NoFX, Real Big Fish, Catch 22, Street Dogs, etc.
Books. I finished the Harry Potter series a month ago and now I'm reading Wikinomics and "How to re imagine the world" which both have been great so far. I'm just about done with both however so I'm on the lookout for another good book to start on next. My goal was to read at least 10 non tech books this year so I'm off to a good start.
Blogging ok so I've had this blog for a while now and I often change it to reflect changes in my life style/thinking. From here on out however, I plan on using this blog to share videos, stories and other cool stuff I find online. Yeah, maybe everyone does this but the cool thing is that no one does it exactly the same as we all have our own unique personalities.
Ok well until next time!
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