Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
The Argument for Surprise Content
I should first state that “surprise” is not quite the right word here: unscheduled, perhaps, is a better term. This inherently sounds like the weakest argument of all. Live wasn’t really that controversial of an argument in some ways: after all, we have live sports and concerts all the time. Limited sounded more controversial, but…
Read MoreThe Argument for Live Content
Yesterday, I argued that the future of content would be Live, Limited, and Surprise. Arguing that the future of content is Live is both the easiest and most difficult argument of the Live Limited Surprise trio. The problem is that we often see live as unscripted, and think of, say, reality TV as live content.…
Read MoreLive Limited Surprises will Dominate Content from 2020 Onward: An Introduction
Consider the types of content currently popular on the web, Netflix, and TV: music, sports, video games, and celebrity content. I’m predicting that the current model of content creation is a relic of a technologically underpowered era. The enabling technologies and ideologies needed to fuel the live, limited surprise are currently here.
Read MoreCrowdsourcing, Sociopolitical Legitimacy, and the Boston Marathon Bombing
(Post originally written April 23, 2013). I woke up this morning to read that Reddit had apologized for some of the blunders made by users searching for the identity of the Boston marathon bombers. Given the scolding given by the FBI to further detective work once the FBI had identified their targets, this proves that…
Read MoreOn Encouraging Business Experimentation
In innovation, many companies still seem to stick with the first idea they have for a new technology. This keeps happening despite all the research and anecdotes that often, one’s first instinct for a technology is the wrong one. For example, “Chemcor,” developed in the late 50′s for “phone booths, prison windows, and eyeglasses“, was…
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