“We’re the only country with a physical infrastructure in every town in the world,” said Kingsley Aikins. Speaking of the ubiquitous Irish bar, he said Ireland should be networking with the worldwide Irish as a means of digging out of the recession back home. Speaking at the MBA Association of Ireland’s monthly Dublin gathering last [...]
11.29.10 | Personal Effectiveness, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
Making sense of all the information on the web is tough. But in the European Union alone, its estimated value of €27 billion probably makes the effort worthwhile. Whether information is newsworthy, commercially worthy or of public interest, British startup Scraperwiki (@scraperwiki) hopes it can take the lead in providing the tools to harvest that [...]
11.17.10 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Fail harder, move fast and break things, don’t be fearful. Three phrases to sum up Facebook’s approach to innovation, according to the company’s VP of Engineering Mike Schroepfer (@schrep). In its short life — just six years old — Facebook boasts some extraordinary statistics. With around 500 million users, its population is greater than that [...]
11.15.10 | Innovation, Management, Technology | John P. Muldoon
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions. — Anthony Jay Spotting the right questions can involve some mental acrobatics for innovators, according to Michael O’Duffy. Citing James Dyson’s approach to innovation, O’Duffy, CEO of the Centre for Software Engineering at DCU, told the Irish [...]
11.9.10 | Innovation, Management, Organisation | John P. Muldoon
Edward de Bono on innovation vs creativity. Image of Edward de Bono courtesy of Stefano Corso on Flickr.
11.6.10 | Innovation | John P. Muldoon
This is the second part of Defuse Dublin summary. Part I is here. Hailing from Britain, Ciarán Norris (@ciaranj) said UGC, USC & WTF? Head of Digital at Mindshare Ireland, he is skeptical about user-generated content taking over the world. “New media is only new media if you are old,” he said. All media had [...]
11.3.10 | Fun stuff, Innovation | John P. Muldoon
From Nazis to psychology to ants to getting lost, they had it all covered. Interaction Design experts converged for one evening to share insights and inspiration at Defuse Dublin. Organized by Ben Arent and the IxDA community, designers were asked to share stories of “some of the most compelling design challenges they face.” The sting [...]
11.3.10 | Fun stuff, Innovation | John P. Muldoon
Normally he nails it in his own “cranky geek” way. But yesterday’s PCMag.com column by John C. Dvorak on new search engine, Blekko, was wide of the mark. Recommending the engine, Dvorak says: “It’s the best out-of-the-chute new engine I’ve seen in the last 10 years, seriously.” High praise, indeed, for someone who is generally [...]
11.2.10 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology | John P. Muldoon
