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Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:07:00 -0700 a day made of glass... corning. http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/a-day-made-of-glass-corning http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/a-day-made-of-glass-corning

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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:31:00 -0700 the internet in society: empowering or censoring citizens http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/the-internet-in-society-empowering-or-censori http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/the-internet-in-society-empowering-or-censori

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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:17:00 -0800 staring at your competition is not going to help you... http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/staring-at-your-competition-is-not-going-to-h http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/staring-at-your-competition-is-not-going-to-h

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Just a couple of days ago, I overheard a heated debate between two people on the idea of: "looking at the competition for innovation advantage".  In other words, the two people were on polar ends of the spectrum as it pertained to if you SHOULD or SHOULD NOT look towards the competition to stay ahead of the innovation curve.  I did not want to interrupt their debate (I did not know either one of them) BUT I do want to submit my argument here... 

Staring at your competition is not going to help you... 

YES!! Know what's going on in the world around you, YES do your "fair share" of research, but NEVER, EVER look toward your competition for innovation. Now, this is just my humble opinion, BUT what can you gain from doing that; above and beyond incremental adjustments to products, services and brands based on the desire to stay "ahead of the competition"?  I have one rule to this... 

Be the competition... 

It's really about that easy.  When you are thinking about innovation, or better yet, "creating something new", make it that. New.  Do not look at what the competition is doing, to gauge your ideas or your innovations.  This practice is finite at best.  A good example of this is Apple. Yes Apple.  When they created the iPad (and no wonder why Fast Company magazine named them the #1 Company for innovation) they fundamentally re-invented the whole "tablet PC" game by totally re-defining the tablet paradigm.  Because of this "radical thinking" Apple has sold literally millions of iPads.  NOW they are the competition... Thus Motorola "stares" at them and tries to make a "competing innovation" ... The XOOM. Or perhaps I should say... A competing "mousetrap" (I wrote a post some time ago about the problem with mousetraps). 

Dare to be daring... 

Sounds like an oxymoron I know... But do it, and you will find that the innovation that you produce will have some "staying power" some "relevance". Do the unreasonable stuff that breaks rules, redefines marketplaces and build some "thick value".

It matters. 

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Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:20:00 -0800 mobius... served. http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/mobius-served http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/mobius-served

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:11:00 -0800 cynthia breazeal... the rise of personal robots. http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/cynthia-breazeal-the-rise-of-personal-robots http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/cynthia-breazeal-the-rise-of-personal-robots

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Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:04:43 -0700 rory sutherland: sweat the small stuff http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/rory-sutherland-sweat-the-small-stuff-4 http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/rory-sutherland-sweat-the-small-stuff-4 http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_sweat_the_small_stuff.html

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Thu, 06 May 2010 09:48:25 -0700 clam case: turning the ipad into a laptop? http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/clam-case-turning-the-ipad-into-a-laptop http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/clam-case-turning-the-ipad-into-a-laptop

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Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:43:00 -0800 creativity and innovation never sleep http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/9541892 http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/9541892

"Creatvity and innovation never sleeps. Even while you rest, change and progress pushes on..." Josh Boutwell, Designer

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Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:24:00 -0800 styrofoam, motherships, prototypes and budgets http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/styrofoam-motherships-prototypes-and-budgets http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/styrofoam-motherships-prototypes-and-budgets

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The last two days have been quite revealing to me. In the past 48 hours I have had two conversations about design, and creativity that have spawned memories that I have always had, however; never expressed until now. What's interesting - is that as I look at these experiences, I am realizing the impact they have had in my life... Your life.


Styrofoam, motherships, prototypes and budgets

I can remember when I was a kid - a little older than I was in my last post "crayons and coloring books", you should read it if you haven't, but still young enough to be imaginative and believe that anything was possible, I still believe this, though there is a LITTLE hesitation now that has been formultaed through education and this amazing thing called "life". When I was about 11, or maybe 12, I would ask my mother for the styrofoam trays that the meat would come in. I would collect about a a half a dozen of the styrofoam trays (for the purpose of having enough "raw materials" in case of tragedy) and I would carve out a section of the family room to work in ...

"My staging area..."


I would get scissors, some Elmer's glue, some markers (permanent for beautification) - and I would begin my quest to build the "Mothership". A flying machine that would someday circle the earth, OR at least the backyard, I was not at all opposed to small victories ...

"Never be afraid to fail. There is something to learn in failure..."


I would draw shapes of the "mothership" on the styrofoam and cut them out to the finest detail. I would draw shapes of the wings, and cut those out with absolute precision. Then I would construct the ship... One piece at a time.

"The prototype was born..."


After the prototype was constructed rigorous testing would begin. I would climb to the top of the shed in our backyard, and I would toss the "mothership" high into the air... Already at a elevated altitude the "mothership" had ample opportunity to catch wind and make a glorious flight ....

"Believe in your ideas, your prototypes... They are, in fact, the beginnings to really great innovations ..."


Sometimes I would build ships that worked immediately, and I would save the design and build upon the design, adding form and function, beauty and simplicity until I took the original design to what I called the "breaking point", the point where the modifications took away from the ships core function... To fly. After building many ships and executing many experimental flights I would in the end, have a new model of the "Mothership", the machine that would SOMEDAY fly around the world ... The beauty to this ... I had zero budget to work with, BUT I had plenty of ideas, and even more dreams ...

"Never allow budgets to stand between YOU and INNOVATION ... Use whatever it takes to prototype... Clay, wood, paper or styrofoam, WHATEVER... THIS is creativity."


So early on I learned that you could take styrofoam, and you could build motherships, OR at least prototypes with little to no budget ....

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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:11:13 -0800 sugru: the freedom to hack http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/sugru-the-freedom-to-hack http://vincenthunt.posterous.com/sugru-the-freedom-to-hack

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