Creativity/Innovation
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Almost two months are still left to go in 2006, and Time has already conceded invention-of-the-year honors to YouTube. Considering the dazzling rise of this concept from start-up to one of the most popular sites on the Internet in just 18 months, the honor seems well deserved. YouTube, which recently sold to Google for $1.6 billion, is the ninth busiest site on the Internet (based on Alexa rankings) with a daily reach of over 65 million people.
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Saturday’s post pointed out recent statistics on the fast growth of online sales in the consumer electronics, apparel and sporting goods categories. The day before, the Fortune Business Innovation Insider blog referenced an interesting presentation by futurist Jim Carroll on where sporting goods are heading. Based on the five trends that Carroll points out, technology will obsolete most equipment as we know it today. Computer chips, RFIDs, GPS, wireless sensors and other tech will find their way into most basic sporting goods sooner rather than later.
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There is an interesting story in Wired about how the iPod came to be. However, it is more than story; it is a short primer on creativity and innovation.
It started with a simple question from Steve Jobs: What can we do to make more people buy Macs?”
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Coverpop puts a new spin on how a person might search for something. One problem with most current search methods requires that you leave the initial results as you click each result. With coverpop, not only do you see all the results while viewing the detail of a single item, but they are all presented as images which makes for an entirely different experience. It’s fun to go through the different coverpops that have been made.
Unfortunately, therein lies the only problem with coverpop. Every coverpop has been created by coverpop creator Jim Bumgardner. Meaning at this point, it’s just a fun experiment to play with. Fun it is, but you’re sure to waste away fifteen minutes of your day checking the collection of coverpops out.
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