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Open Source Innovation

In the event I can't get all this off my chest on my panel at OSBC on Open Source Innovation, here are my thoughts on a couple of levels.

Roles of Traditional Publications and New Media in Innovation Journalism

Andreas Cervenka, Affrsvrlden, was working at Sweden's largest daily during the boom and saw a demand for tomorrow's news today, so he started his own new media venture.

Co-creating With Customers

Reveries has a great article about several companies that are co-creating products with their customers.

Entrepreneurship: What does it REALLY mean?

In a world where ideas drive economies, it is no wonder that innovation and entrepreneurship are often seen as inseparable bedfellows.

Serious Podcasting For Business

It's been interesting reading some of the reactions by business bloggers to General Motors' first experiment with podcasting last week.

Search Innovation: Looking for the Average Joe

Google's beta release of their desktop search tool was their shot across the bow of the USS Microsoft Search. Following hard of the heels of promising technology releases from Blinkx and Copernic, Google is staking their claim to the desktop search space. And Microsoft seems to have been caught flat footed, as they continue to push back the deadline for the release of Longhorn, which will integrate desktop search with the operating system. Many seem to think a search related announcement out of Redmond is imminent.

Corporate Venturing -- an Investment Area Emerging as a Key Component of Innovation

More than 70 professionals from private and public organizations, academia and capital markets will gather today in Boston for a first-ever forum focused on the state of corporate venturing -- an investment area emerging as a key component of innovation.

Why Can't Google Read My Mind? A Look at Personalized Search

Several top search engines, including Google and Yahoo, are competing to make personalized search a reality. How long will it be before search engines are able to "understand" - and, more importantly, how will personalized search affect your business?

16 Essential Tips that Lead to Powerful Innovation Sessions

Ideation is the complete process - decide where ideas are needed, generate ideas, evaluate ideas, plan and carry out next steps. This is much more powerful and practical than traditional brainstorming - where anything goes and very often nothing happens as a result.

The Latest Innovation in Search Engine Algorithms . . . User Popularity

For years, the search engines have continued to introduce new factors into their algorithms to make their search results more relevant and to keep savvy search engine marketers from "cracking the system."