One part entrepreneurial rally cry, two parts iterative dissection of internet trends, and one part philosophical meta-rant; this talk adds up to be one hell of a thought provoker.
Building on the basic theme of the version 1 of this talk, the "incomplete history of the internet" portion has been completely reworked to better reflect current trends, and comes to a completely different set of conclusions.
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Passion + Inspiration = Innovation 2.0
1. passion + inspiration =
innovation 2.0
by eric marden { xentek.net }
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
2. passion
primary (or primal) ingredient
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3. what are my passions?
music
art
culture
technology
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4. what are your passions?
discover
embrace
cultivate
extend
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5. if you don¡¯t have a passion
you don¡¯t have a pulse
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6. your passion will give
you purpose
surround yourself with people
that share your passion
your job shouldn¡¯t pick your
friends, your passions should
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7. inspiration
fuel for your ?re
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8. there are no new ideas
only new iterations
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10. In the beginning...
... was the BBS.
Users dialed up a server and
left messages for each other.
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11. That gave way to...
... the Forum.
Innovated by CompuServe as a
way to ¡®centralize¡¯ the BBS system.
Still required ¡®permission¡¯ and
special ¡®access¡¯.
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12. Which became...
... the Message Board.
Internet Version of the Forum.
Access is (mostly) open to the internet
at large.
Still an asynchronous communication
model
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13. Then the ¡®me¡¯ gene kicked in...
...And the Weblog was born.
Satis?ed both a publishing problem
and a need to communicate.
Comments were soon added, which
created a ¡®one person¡¯ message
board, of sorts.
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14. And then we got social...
MySpace bastardized the blog and the private
message.
So, we all ran to Facebook
RSS turned updates on its head
And we collected them into a life stream
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15. innovation
the spark of genius
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16. what are you doing?
how twitter changed everything
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18. And so much more...
a platform beats an application every time
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19. The post (comment) is the
base unit of measurement
of the conversation
It¡¯s not where you say it - It¡¯s what you have to
say.
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20. Where to go from here?
Some things to think about
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21. What concepts can you
extend?
And how does it dovetail with your passions
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22. Scratch your own itch
And success is possible.
Do anything else, and it¡¯s a Job.
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23. What would life be like if we
had no courage to attempt
anything?
Vincent Van Gogh
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24. Thank You
? @xentek
Eric Marden
xentek.net
Tuesday, February 24, 2009