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Bienvenue Jerome!
Angeline | September 2nd, 2008At the end of July, the crowdSPRING team went on a laborious hunt to find a Customer Service Guru. We needed someone to attack inbound customer service requests and respond with cat-like reflexes. We wanted someone who’d work well with the rest of the company to make sure that our customers are happy campers at [...]
12 Questions: Meet Kai (Australia)
Ross | August 18th, 2008In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something [...]
DIY fun through the centuries….
Mike | July 28th, 2008User innovation is a hot topic online and we pay close attention to it. We have always thought that the cS model was an incarnation of this type of open innovation and are proud to number ourselves among the open-source, mashup, DIY, and UGC crowds. People innovate. We can’t help ourselves – it is in [...]
Forget Rock Star and Ninja – How About Warewolf?
Ross | July 23rd, 2008The labels “rock star” and “ninja” are overused in software development. After all, even the late Chris Farley was a ninja but he couldn’t even spell CSS. I’m suggesting a new label: warewolf. Hear me out. At the start of a complicated project, a developer usually starts out clean shaven and proper. Here is Chad, [...]
Creative Video: Radiohead's "House of Cards"
Ross | July 16th, 2008Radiohead’s music video for its song “House of Cards” (from the Rainbows album) was made without cameras or lights. Instead, Geometric Informatics (structured light) and Velodyne LIDAR (multiple lasers) were used to produce the video. Some interesting information at the following link, with both the video and the making-of video to explain the technologies that [...]
Innovative Design – British Currency
Ross | May 30th, 2008In March 2008, the United States Department of the Treasury unveiled the new five dollar bill. Featuring a purple Helvetica five, the new $5 USD bill was designed by a 147 year old government agency (U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing) which employes 2,500 people and has an annual budget of $525 million USD. The [...]
Creative Product Design: Audio Speakers
Ross | May 16th, 2008I am fascinated by creative product design. Take audio speakers, as an example. For a number of years (except this year, unfortunately — too busy with crowdSPRING), I’ve attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I typically spend a substantial amount of time at the audio exhibits. I am always amazed when I see [...]
