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Open Source Ecology Turns The Corner
Exponential growth kind of looks like a hockey stick. When you pass the horizontal part and start to go vertical it’s called ‘turning the corner.’ Open Source Ecology started out as basically one...
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MaKey MaKey, Apparently Exactly What People Want
Crowdfunding is a reasonably popular way to launch, or maintain, an open hardware project. The best site for this approach is Kickstarter. Some projects get their funding, some don’t. What’s the...
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Crowd Funding Dump
Kickstarter has subdivided their “technology” category into “open software” and “open hardware” which makes my job a little faster. There aren’t very many things in it…but I suppose that also makes my...
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Interview With Marco Perry of PENSA About The DIWire
Marco Perry is co-founder of PENSA, a New York consultancy that designs and improves products. It wouldn’t be too far off to say that innovation is his business. A short while ago Pensa designed,...
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Kanyi Maqubela Interviewed Jessica Jackley of Kiva About Crowd Funding
Kanyi Maqubela of Collaborative Fund interviewed Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley for The Atlantic (how’s that for maximum name-dropping in minimum space). Read the article, or continue reading for some...
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On Makerbot And Being Open (Or Not)
A lot of smart people have wasted a lot of time wondering what open means. At least…in my opinion a lot of the discussion is wasted…because I don’t think it’s all that complicated. It’s a simple matter...
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