Why aren’t all ‘objects’ interfaces to other ‘objects’?
Trefis.com provides an analytical share price forecasting application. Their unique interface model, resembling a mind map, provides a user with a ‘glimpse’ into how a share price is constructed...
Social Media (Retailing) = Committing Social Suicide
Launching into Social Media, in the form of Social Retailing, does not mean 'must-having' a FB page or Tweeting out continuous coupons and passcodes. The complexities associated with conducting a social media campaign that gets people together to 'socialize' via apps on...
Free your ideas: the power of Open Source Concepting
At some stage we all want to ‘redesign’ or ‘innovate’ something to make it better, but we are either too busy (lazy), or maybe, we just want to hold the idea close to our chest because it will make more money if we keep it a secret. Well, instead of filing the idea next to...
By Subscription… Models
I’m a big believer in subscription-based business models. This could work incredibly well for food businesses that are located in populated urban regions. Check out the local Ice Creamery doing exactly this, in NY: http://www.milkmadeicecream.com/ Why can’t I subscribe (pay in advance) to my local pizza bar, and get a discounted price if I guarantee ’4, 6, or...
Concepting Flik – Designing a product for venture funding
Flik was a nameless project at the start, and it was touted as a broadband browser for sharing large video files. This was 2004. File-sharing (peer-to-peer) was a relatively new market space...
What’s your concept?
I create concepts all the time. I don’t just have ideas that are singular and disconnected, I pull together abstract ideas and divergent trends into a marketable concept. Finding the time to make all of these concepts spring to life is impossible. Inevitably, my thinking and Concepting is typically archived on a hard-drive or stored...
