Had a great time at the Gnomedex 2010 conference. Gnomedex was founded by Chris Pirillo, a local leading thinker in the new media space. Bill Schrier, CTO of Seattle ("chief geek") shared some interesting facts: Seattle City Light was created in 1905. Bill Boeing built his first airplane in Seattle in 1956. Starbucks was founded in 1971, now 17,000 locations worldwide. Microsoft has 94,000 employees today.
One of the most interesting speakers was Larry Wu, master of consumer-based innovation. He developed a one-cup french press to go! How great is that? He believes the most important Macro-Trends of 2010 are: Artisan products; Cultural Fusion (easiest way is Food and Music); Mass Personalization; Products that help you monitor your own health; Hyperlife (multi-tasking); Nostalgia Marketing (2010 Mustang); Merit Badges (collecting experiences like archeology vacations and bungee jumping); Ready, Set, Go! (innovation plus convenience); Torking (design element)--multiple uses, highest power, most memory, that amps it up for the consumer. Will your product/service/idea be successful? Can you combine macrotrends? lawrence.wujr@gmail.com
Then you have the super-scientist-artist-geeks, of which Scott Draves is a king. Engineer in the Mapping Division at Google, he's the one who created "Electric Sheep," the Flameout algorhythm-based screen saver that utilizes the super-computing power of users' computers across the internet to render. It is mystically beautiful, and a favorite of John Perry Barlow's, and incidentally would make one killer light show behind a live music performance! Download the screensaver here: http://community.electricsheep.org/download
And finally, let me mention Jason Barger, who wrote the book "Step Away From the Baggage Claim." He just wants everyone to take a step back and be a little more grateful and compassionate. Photo by (CC) Randy Stewart, blog.stewtopia.com
One of the most interesting speakers was Larry Wu, master of consumer-based innovation. He developed a one-cup french press to go! How great is that? He believes the most important Macro-Trends of 2010 are: Artisan products; Cultural Fusion (easiest way is Food and Music); Mass Personalization; Products that help you monitor your own health; Hyperlife (multi-tasking); Nostalgia Marketing (2010 Mustang); Merit Badges (collecting experiences like archeology vacations and bungee jumping); Ready, Set, Go! (innovation plus convenience); Torking (design element)--multiple uses, highest power, most memory, that amps it up for the consumer. Will your product/service/idea be successful? Can you combine macrotrends? lawrence.wujr@gmail.com
Then you have the super-scientist-artist-geeks, of which Scott Draves is a king. Engineer in the Mapping Division at Google, he's the one who created "Electric Sheep," the Flameout algorhythm-based screen saver that utilizes the super-computing power of users' computers across the internet to render. It is mystically beautiful, and a favorite of John Perry Barlow's, and incidentally would make one killer light show behind a live music performance! Download the screensaver here: http://community.electricsheep.org/download
And finally, let me mention Jason Barger, who wrote the book "Step Away From the Baggage Claim." He just wants everyone to take a step back and be a little more grateful and compassionate. Photo by (CC) Randy Stewart, blog.stewtopia.com
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