Tag Archive | "Crowd Sourcing"
I’m Still Waiting for Artistic Brilliance from Web 2.Open Sources – You Got Anything?
Following the PermissionToSuck.com post from Jan. 4 about Jaron Lanier, I've had regular conversations, both online and off, about sources of creative artistic brilliance. I'm beginning to think true creative brilliance comes from a closed system - but I'm still open. Waiting.
Continue reading...Artificial Creativity
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Good: Crowd accelerated innovation. The Bad: An elevation of mediocrity and low expectations. The time of creation comes treacherously close to the duration of consumption.
Continue reading...Crowdsourcing is Corporate Jargon
Monday, September 27, 2010
Crowdsourcing is tainted so let's gift it to corporations for their Power Point presentations. It's Jargon. It's not evil, but let’s get real, crowdsourcing isn’t innovation as much as novelty. We need to look past crowdsourcing.
Continue reading...Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus: We are changing how we use our free time.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Clay Shirky, author of “Here Comes Everybody” is one of everyone’s favorite TED speakers. Here are a few of the points I took from his most recent on Cognitive Surplus – a title shared by his latest book.
Continue reading...A Tale of Two Sources: Crowd and Open
Thursday, April 15, 2010
My encounter with Bird House Design and the first ever user-generated HD Video Contest where photographers become filmmakers, and take it beyond the still frame. Vincent Laforet and Canon kick off the improv video story which was on Chapter 4 as of this writing.
Continue reading...King-O-Fads or King of Ads – I’ll tell you what …
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Does anyone else find something Deliciously ironic about hiring the best in the business to produce a spot that will invite the production of a bunch of borderline Cheesy spots?
Continue reading...Pespi Refresh: good cause but what’s missing?
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Pepsi uses the internet to field ideas and award favorites monthly with large sums of cash to finance a cause. Excellent. OK – that said, let me risk more by sounding overly cynical by asking about statistics regarding ROI for cause marketing. Here's a better idea.
Continue reading...Yes and …
Thursday, February 18, 2010
I live for the thrill – a captivating moment in the creative process when engagement turns exciting. Nothing else matters but refining how it sounds, looks, reads, feels. My concentration is off the immersion chart. It’s nothing like drilling for oil – more like sharing demonstrative dreams at 20 - 20,000 MHz.
Continue reading...Crowds are Dull, Committees are Deadly, Creativity Needs Freedom
Monday, January 25, 2010
The committee is usually wrong; yet the crowd is commonly right and incredibly dull. If you’re part of the crowd you’ll be sourced and forgotten. Ji Lee and his bubble project is a good example of how it's done right.
Continue reading...Creative Denial, Anger, Bargaining, & Acceptance
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Lately, creative professionals are suffering the heartbreak of a fading uniqueness and coping with the pressure to add value in other ways. Clay Shirky gave his first TED talk in 2005. His institution v. collaboration presentation must have appeared abstract to more folks then than now, nevertheless, Clay’s talk hasn’t faded in value for those of us trying to recover our bearings in a once familiar profession.
Continue reading...Video Interviews with Creative Professionals
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