COLLABORATIVE CREATIVITY

Those who’ve heard my public speeches know that I am passionate about the leveraging digital networks to multiply the creative power of individual people.  Two or more people working on the same problem can achieve great results, even if they are geographically dispersed.  Beginning November 2008, I will get an incredible opportunity to apply this [...]

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Next week I will travel to Rome to give a keynote speech to the Nokia Developer Summit.   Some friends have asked me why.   Given the recent release of the Gooogle Android phone and the Apple iPhone 3G, there has been a surge of commentary about the smartphones in the tech blogs.  The general thrust of [...]

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Back in the 1990s, many people considered Microsoft a kind of “death star” of the northern wilderness, stealthily issuing new products that would destroy an entire category of software overnight.  But in the 2000s, the mantle for Most Secretive Company In High Tech passed to an unlikely successor, Apple Computer.
Under the second reign of Steve [...]

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This week I gave a presentation to Fortune 500 executives at the Marketing Forum on my favorite subject, collaborative creativity.  Although my talk was focused on social media for marketing purposes, I included many examples of “incomplete content” where the participation of the audience is necessary for a complete content experience.   This principle extends to [...]

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The introduction of Google’s new open source Chrome browser is newsworthy.  So is the way that Google chose to explain the new features to users. Both items are sterling examples of collaborative creativity.
Google teamed up with veteran cartoonist Scott McCloud to create a cool graphic narrative about the new browser.
During a week of breaking news [...]

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This week I flew Virgin America round trip from Los Angeles to New York JFK for the first time.  Having heard rave reviews about this new airline, I decided to give it a try.  My experience was so disappointing that I will never fly Virgin America again.
Launching a new airline to compete with American must [...]

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Apple’s legendary obsession with controlling information and availability of products has reached the tipping point.  A growing number of iPhone developers are grumbling about the arbitrary nature of the decision-making process which governs which applications get included in the iTunes storefront.   A spate of recent stories highlights what is clearly a haphazard and chaotic [...]

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I am very excited to be attending the X Media Lab in Melbourne, Australia on August 1 - 3.   I’ve been invited to give one of the keynote speeches during the opening session.
My talk will address the subject of Collaborative Creativity, especially as it pertains to user-generated content in the context of major media brands.  [...]

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