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May 26, 2006

FIR goes live on June 1

- NevilleHobson.com

Listeners to For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report will be able to participate actively in the show as we record episode #142 on Thursday, June 1. Since we record the show over Skype anyway, it was not... ›››

Category: Communication | For Immediate Release | Podcasting | Web | innovation

May 14, 2006

The BBC’s Second Life

- NevilleHobson.com

This weekend, the BBC is broadcasting One Big Weekend, a live rock concert from Dundee, Scotland. Giant screens in various UK locations enable anyone there to enjoy the happenings from Dundee. Not only in the real world, though: The... ›››

Category: Music | Online Media | Technology | Web | entertainment | innovation | mainstream media | second life

May 12, 2006

The Beauty of Beta

- SCHMITTblog

We just completed our first Skypecast leading up to the 2006 Innovative Marketing Conference being help in New York June 8-9. This was made possible through the BETA version of Skype (v. 2.5). The Skypecast was coordinated in part... ›››

Category: Customer Experience | blogging & new media | innovation

May 03, 2006

A Metaphor is Worth a Thousand Pictures

- Crossroads Dispatches

What is it about metaphors that makes them so vivid? The bite in the Apple logo at once conveys the garden of Eden, wisdom, crossing the lines of convention, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.... ›››

Category: Advertising | Clear and Resonant Marketing | Creativity | Innovators and Creators | Marketing | art | brands | innovation | inspiration | metaphor | myth | poetry | symbols | writing

April 28, 2006

Are You Ready for the Rise of the Neo-Greens?

- John Winsor

Being from Boulder, environmentalism and sustainability have always been a part of the local lexicon. Yet, as I have traveled, I noticed that if Boulder came to represent these movements, it was seen as wealthy, arrogant and a bit... ›››

Category: Culture | Trends | innovation

April 27, 2006

Maximize Your Innovation Resources

- John Winsor

Diego’s post reminded me of my conversation with Marsha Skidmore from Herman Miller for Spark. We discussed the tools it takes to maximize innovation resources. Here is a list of things to thing about: Focus on Behavior Versus Feedback... ›››

Category: innovation

Day to Day Innovation

- John Winsor

Diego Rodriguez provides a good reminder that innovation needs to be institutionalized in this post about Honda's process.... ›››

Category: innovation

Exposing the past of BBC 2.0

- NevilleHobson.com

One follow-up to my post yesterday about the BBC’s plans for re-invention - the broadcaster has posted its complete catalogue online, which includes: Details of 946,614 BBC radio & TV programmes, dating back 75 years 503,193 subject categories, from... ›››

Category: Web | innovation | mainstream media | television

April 26, 2006

Innovation behind the curtain

- Mary's Blog

Sometimes there’s no little man, much less a wizard Everybody says they want it, yet few people actually value or do it (at least if you believe what you read in surveys and articles.) But why is it so... ›››

Category: Ramblings | biz dev tips & traps | business development | customer service | innovation

April 25, 2006

Nokia N93 for spontaneous video blogging

- NevilleHobson.com

I’m still extremely pleased with my Nokia N70 cameraphone. It does everything I want in a mobile phone including take superb photos for easy moblogging with Lifeblog. And it works wherever I am, in whichever country in Europe and... ›››

Category: Communication | Technology | gadgets | innovation | public relations

Nokia N93 for spontaneous video blogging

- NevilleHobson.com

I’m still extremely pleased with my Nokia N70 cameraphone. It does everything I want in a mobile phone including take superb photos for easy moblogging with Lifeblog. And it works wherever I am, in whichever country in Europe and... ›››

Category: Communication | Technology | gadgets | innovation | public relations

April 21, 2006

Converting flipchart knowledge

- NevilleHobson.com

Picture the scene. You’re running a workshop or seminar, or participating in one. It’s great, you’re with a really stimulating group of people. Lots of discussion. One of the tools you use to express your ideas and get your... ›››

Category: Communication | Events | Professional Development | innovation

April 19, 2006

Beyond product placement

- SCHMITTblog

Yesterday’s advertising column by Stuart Elliot in the New York Times discussed how several companies have gone beyond product placement to actually produce their own programs, with their own brands as the stars, of course. While this may not... ›››

Category: Customer Experience | brands and marketing | innovation

April 06, 2006

Deep Inside the Brain

- John Winsor

Lately, I've been interested in how new discoveries in neurology and psychology might shift our understanding of how consumers connect with products and brands and have written about it here and here. A recent article from Seed Magazine entitled,... ›››

Category: Market research | innovation | inspiration

April 05, 2006

Paradigm Shifting Innovation, Apple Style

- John Winsor

With Apple's announcement of Boot Camp today, allowing Windows to run on the the new Intel based Mac's have they reached a tipping point that will accelerate growth? Investors sure think so. Apple stock rose almost 10% today. The... ›››

Category: innovation

March 31, 2006

Co-creation

- John Winsor

I was planning on writing a post today about the great Sunday New York Times article entitled, Here's an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas, written by Bill Taylor, co-founder of Fast Company. The article, about Rite-Solution's internal co-creative innovation... ›››

Category: Co-Creation | innovation

A Psychedelic Quest into the Beat Heart

- Crossroads Dispatches

"And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice." - 1 Kings 19:12 Simon Wincester in his book about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, A Crack... ›››

Category: Awareness | Blog | Creativity | Innovators and Creators | art | beat generation | beatblog | counterculture | entrepreneurs | innovation | inspiration | literature | passion | spirituality | startup | web2.0 | writing

Sound Familiar? Apple's Psychedelic Psychographics

- Crossroads Dispatches

Daring Fireball chastises and riffs on SF Chronicle's Sunday story on "Stubborn Apple at Risk of Making Same Mistake Twice":In a way, Apple’s survival is remarkable, author Kahney said, like a dinosaur living beyond the Ice Age. All the... ›››

Category: Blog | Clear and Resonant Marketing | Creativity | Innovators and Creators | Marketing | Silicon Valley | apple | art | beat generation | brands | counterculture | entrepreneurs | innovation | inspiration | passion | sixties | startup | web2.0

Harnessing Your Creative Team

- SCHMITTblog

Great article in Sunday's NY Times ("Here's an Idea, Let's let Everyone Have Ideas") about companies that are tapping into the creativity of their employees -- getting beyond the idea that the founder/CEO has all the great ideas and... ›››

Category: innovation

20 Amphetamine-Fueled Days

- Crossroads Dispatches

"I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they... ›››

Category: Awareness | Creativity | Innovators and Creators | The Greater Hunger | art | beat generation | beatblog | buddhism | counterculture | innovation | inspiration | jack kerouac | licking the sky | literature | making a difference | passion | spirituality | startup | writing

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