“The word ‘commune’ arose in the tenth century from the activities of artisans in Italy that created enclosed spaces to defend themselves and their vernacular peer to peer production from the pillaging of the time by overlords. Commune in the middle ages meant ‘to wall together’ or in other words to create defensive enclosures to… Continue reading
Date archives "October 2013"
Project of the Day: Soulardarity, on keeping the lights on through crowdfunded renewable energy
Excerpted from Cory Conolly: “In Highland Park, Michigan (a city within the city of Detroit), having already cut funding for the fire department and other public services, tough economic times have caused even more severe cuts to public services. One of the most recent, and potentially the most public, occurred in the winter of 2011…. Continue reading
Utilities lobby governments to quash energy innovation
Sunrun is an innovative company that allows house owners to install solar panels to produce electric energy, without having to front up the costs of installation or even understand the technology in detail. Edward Fenster, co-CEO of Sunrun, describes how government intervention is solicited by the incumbents to keep any emerging competition at bay. Here… Continue reading
Managing Open Innovation in Large Firms
* Report: Henry Chesbrough and Sabine Brunswicker. Managing Open Innovation in Large Firms. A Summary excerpted from Stefan Lindegaard: “Henry Chesbrough and Sabine Brunswicker have released a great report on “Managing Open Innovation in Large Firms” in which they give us the answers to the above questions. And yes, the conclusion is that open innovation… Continue reading
Open Science Tour Diary (1): Celya Gruson-Daniel
Introduction During the Summer of 2013, Celya Gruson-Daniel, Founder of Hack Your PhD (HYPhD) went on a tour of Eastern Canada and the United States seeking open science advocates from Montreal to Boston to San Francisco to Seattle. She has kindly provided us with excerpts from her diary, complete with links to various interviews and sources. P2P… Continue reading