Entries Tagged as 'Business'
The conditions are right for Kickstarter (May 17th, 2010 - 2,456)
Diaspora got a lot of attention as they used a Kickstarter campaign to raise over $170,000 as the “open Facebook alternative”, following another round of Facebook privacy complications. In Diaspora’s Curse, Jason Fried went on to illustrate that while that’s an impressive start (if you measure victory in press coverage and cash), those things will [...]
Networking Awesomely with people everywhere (May 14th, 2010 - 2,107)
The way I think about networking has evolved with the realisation that we have got people everywhere now. We are more connected than ever before and the new messaging networks we use mean that we are now linked with everything in the world through only a few degrees. These connections have always been there, but [...]
Let’s play, with experience design (January 11th, 2010 - 1,539)
The impressions we remember of an event are often based on many disparate elements coming together and integrating seamlessly to form an amazing experience. You can remember an experience that blew you away. But do you know what made it amazing? I was talking to a friend who was a DJ and he said to [...]
Invisible Infrastructure, by Brand (November 24th, 2009 - 2,084)
If you visit Southern Cross Station at the moment (as I do a few times a week) you will see ANZ billboards and banners all over the place. What you might not notice straight away is that they have also blanketed the area with free wifi – providing this invisible infrastructure that people will only [...]
Inside Google Wave: it’s time to learn how to surf (October 1st, 2009 - 4,028)
When Google asks a question like “What if email was invented today?” it’s hard not to be interested in the answer – that is exactly what the Rasmussen brothers did after they had finished with Maps. It was exciting to join the collective consciousness on Twitter 3 years ago and there hasn’t really been a [...]
