Daily Archives: August 26, 2011

IBM VP’s Three Essentials For Creating Innovative Products | Co. Design

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Here are my three tried-and-true tactics: 1. Support what is likely to fail. By this I don’t mean prioritize experiments and concepts that look like they might not sell; I mean consider technology and designs that might not seem to … Continue reading →

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BPS Research Digest: Investigating the personality of companies

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When we think about other people, we do so in terms that can be boiled down to five discrete personality dimensions: extraversion, introversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness and agreeableness (known as the Big Five factors). A new study suggests that a similar … Continue reading →

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Napkin Labs Turns IDEO’s Innovation Process Into Web Apps For All | Co. Design

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His startup Napkin Labs is a customizable crowdsourcing platform that takes conventional collaboration one step further. It will offer a set of apps that guide users through the “design thinking” process — that is, the innovation process pioneered by IDEO … Continue reading →

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What are Booktracks?

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Booktracks is a startup that could transform your reading experience forever.  Like movies have soundtracks, now books can have soundtracks. When we first heard the idea, we were skeptical. Many people find listening to music distracting when reading.  And everyone … Continue reading →

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Light bulbs: Charge of the LED brigade | The Economist

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A recent report by McKinsey, a consultancy, reckons that by 2020 LEDs could make up 59% by value of the total lighting market compared with 10% in 2010 (see chart). Revenues from lighting will hit €110 billion ($160 billion), roughly … Continue reading →

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4 Creative Ways to Attract More Visitors to Your Website :: Tips :: The 99 Percent

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“How can I get more website visitors?” This is one of the most common questions I hear from clients, frustrated at the lack of business their website brings them. Often, there isn’t much wrong with the site iteslf — it’s … Continue reading →

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