Archive for the ‘innovation’ Category

Moo Cards Holster Hack

I received new Moo cards today. This time I got the big ones. Not my choice. I am fond of the small ones for their easy to carry features. So, I was looking to hack. How could I make carrying the big cards with a little fun and easy? I figured I’d make a holster [...]

It’s About Your Fingers: iPad

I think Apple described the iPad as “… the internet in your hands” in their Keynote on Wednesday because they described the iPhone in similar form. “It’s the internet in your pocket,” they said of the iPhone and “It’s ___ # of songs in your pocket” they said of the iPod. I think they are [...]

Ping Pong Collaboration

.extendr launches premium

I’ve been working on a project called .extendr for a couple months and I am happy to announce a premium version of the service. Details below.

Nearly 1/3 of Web searches look for people, but the average person’s online footprint is spread in too many locations to make an effective introduction.
.extendr brings all your links [...]

A billion dollars from merging traffic?

I wonder if the way we drive sheds any light on how we can or do embrace innovation. I wonder why on the highway in big cities we crowd up at the beginning of merging entrance and/or exit ramps. I wonder if that sheds any light on describing why we don’t see any more innovation [...]

Personal Brand Startup Sketch

I had the privilege of facilitating a session at the unsummit held in Minneapolis yesterday. I used the presentation below as a way of getting at some key principles and ideas that are to my mind shifting the digital realities of connecting with people these days.
I am also building service called http://www.extendr.com which has guided [...]

Getting Innovative Ideas: Context, Flashes and Diligent Co-Creators

For the most part, people want new ideas and innovation but how? Primarily, I have three rough tactics.
First, it seems to me that innovation can not be separated from context. Innovations are context based because they grow out of them and are defined in relation to them. Think of the paper clip. The paper clip [...]

Augmented Screwdriver