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MOD Films

MOD Films has nothing whatsoever to do with the Ministry of Defence though some find this scary too... WHAT WE DO ...MOD Films is developing content and subscription services to support interactive story applications. We're a bit like an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online Continue reading »

January 31, 2007
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Distributed Investment That Works

Just two months ago Johan from Sellaband wrote on this blog. Back then Sellaband was already a success, but now the first two artists have received 50k US from supporters of their music. What was only possible in theory a couple of Continue reading »

January 29, 2007
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Free Film to Remix

Inspired by the success of Open Source many are thinking about how other areas of creative work could change. One of the most inspiring projects is 'Modfilms' by Michela Ledwidge. She not only collaborates with hundreds of indviduals on the making of Continue reading »

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GlobalVillage – The 4th dimension of media

GlobalVillage Live allows a camera phone user to create and display a video, in real time (!) on the Internet while allowing interaction between the broadcaster and the participants. GlobalVillage Live introduces the next dimension in communication.

Persons with a mobile 3G phone Continue reading »

January 28, 2007
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Discover a Crowdsourcing initiative – CrowdSpirit Part V

5.When CrowdSpirit will be launched ? and remaining Q&A..

We are planning to officially launch the service by the summer 2007. You may think that this is a long delay but it's important for us to make sure that we have the best community platform to Continue reading »

January 26, 2007
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Discover a Crowdsourcing initiative – CrowdSpirit Part IV

4.Why CrowdSpirit has a competitive advantage versus big group ? and so why the community will have always a best interest to participate to our adventure versus a potential big group one ;-)

As picture is always much more explicit than long story, here is Continue reading »

January 25, 2007
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Discover a Crowdsourcing initiative – CrowdSpirit Part III

3.How is it possible to Crowdsource electronic products and to produce good quality products for a small company like CrowdSpirit ?

Now we are entering the core of our project which I hope will not bother you ;-) I think that you have understood how Continue reading »

January 24, 2007
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Discover a Crowdsourcing initiative – CrowdSpirit Part II

2. What is this concept of "customer-centric product" or "customer-manufactured " as invented by Springwise ? In other words, what value will crowdsourcing bring in terms of innovation within the CrowdSpirit World ?

To simplify this, let us summarize the innovation using 2 Continue reading »

January 23, 2007
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Discover a Crowdsourcing initiative – CrowdSpirit

What is the business model of CrowdSpirit in detail?
First off, let me introduce myself: My name is Lionel David and I'm the founder of CrowdSpirit - a start-up based in Grenoble in the French Alps. Grenoble, for those of you Continue reading »

January 22, 2007
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Open-Of-Course

http://www.open-of-course.org is a multilingual portal for free and open content courses and tutorials. What sets us apart from other open content educational initiatives, like for example MIT, is that we focus on practical courses where people can benefit from in their daily Continue reading »