Rohit Bhargava loves the “agony filter” on Hipmunk. Why? Not only because it filters out the multiple stops and 12 hour layovers, but because of the philosophy behind it; leveraging technology to “filter out the idiotic”. And let’s face it – the world needs to filter out more idiotic. Bhargava is the author of Personality…
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It was only a matter of time before Apple’s voice activated assistant, Siri, was hacked. With the help of Applidium, hacker and developer Pete Lamoni (@plamoni) released Siri Proxy on GitHub. It’s a proxy server that allows developers and hackers to create custom functionality for the Apple software. Just a week later, here’s a list…
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For both startups and Fortune 500 companies, innovation is one of the primary elements that determines success or failure. Each day, hundreds of sessions take place in which people try to brainstorm new product names or features. These sessions sometimes produce very little if the creative juices are not flowing. Musician Dave Stewart and branding expert Mark Simmons recently…
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If you’re a creative, you’ll want to watch this short video interview with Scott Belsky, founder of Behance, who spoke with Frank Gruber as part of our Delivering Happiness interview series. Behance is the largest online network of creative professionals in the world. They totally rethought the portfolio so creatives can really show off their…
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Coast Defense rose to the #3 paid app in the Apple App Store in November 2009, selling for $1.99. The development phase was over, and longtime arcade-game designer Jin-Hyuk Kim was just splitting the revenue with his cocreator. But he wasn’t satisfied: he wanted something that would last, a team to keep creating games. That…
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A veteran of the startup world as creative lead at Threadless, Digg and others, Jeffrey Kalmikoff has been leading up the product team at San Francisco-based startup SimpleGeo. I got a chance to sit down with Jeffrey while at South by Southwest to discuss his role, experience, and share his advice for any entrepreneurs looking…
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This is a guest blog post written by Tyler York, CEO of Trisse. A few months ago, before we started working on Trisse, my co-founder and I created a 99 Designs submission for a side project called Stash.ly. We never ended up implementing the project, but we learned a lot about how to work with designers…
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Tech can be fast, sexy, cool, powerful and innovative… but most would agree it’s not often serene and peaceful. Watch this video from Japan and see how Docomo changes that in one of the most beautiful and creative ads we’ve ever seen. The instrument was created by Kenjiro Matsuo, but the mastermind behind the idea…
Read MoreToday we covered Lady Gaga and her participation as the “Creative Director” of Polaroid, so it only makes sense to share that today Intel announced that Will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas is Intel’s new Director of Creative Innovation. I’d call this the beginning of a tech company trend. What’s next? Taylor Swift as Director…
Read MoreGuest author Michelle James offers 9 practices for cultivating your creativity. 1. Clearing. Give yourself space, time and attention. Consciously set aside some non-distracted time and attention. Like any healthy relationship you have, or creative project you engage, your Creative Self needs quality time to thrive. Make your creative self your most important client –…
Read MoreLast June, a small group of organizers in the Washington, D.C. area, produced a ten day festival focused on creativity and technology called Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK). As one of the co-producers, I was amazed at the turnout – over 6,000 people participated in some fashion, and the positive echoes online across the social net…
Read MoreAs a creative agency founder and an entrepreneur I wanted to share my thoughts on how Foursquare will work in the future. It started as a rant about how to improve Foursquare, moved to IM, email, Twitter and Facebook discussions with friends and colleagues, and has evolved into an explanation of how Google and Facebook…
Read MoreDigital Capital Week (DCWEEK), a 10 day festival focused on technology, innovation and creativity in the nations capital is coming up June 11th through 20th and we are excited to share a look at some of the happenings. This festival is modeled after others like Fringe Festival, Internet Week New York and Social Media Week…
Read MorePublic Service Announcement: Mothers Day is right around the corner. Sunday, May 9th to be exact. Set a reminder on your mobile device now. My mother and I have over 600 miles between us which makes it a challenge for me every year. Do I send flowers, a gift certificate, jewelry? Celebrate the next time…
Read MoreLast weekend I was down in Austin, Texas at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) and I was feeling creative and wanted to create a new experience like one I have never had at the event. I believe that my happiness is derived from my experiences so I decided to create a new holiday called Johnny…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More