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Comment on (Not So) Gaga over Groupon by Michael Hendrix

Michael Hendrix — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:51:57 +0000

I’m a groupon member of VIM now. Let’s spin together.

Comment on (Not So) Gaga over Groupon by Nina

Nina — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:13:37 +0000

Absolutely. Let me tell you about this brilliant new idea I have without contributing anything to the conversation.
No, I’m just kidding, and in a bit of a cranky mood today.
I’m sort of into the same feeling, as well. I’m not really intrigued by a lot of these group deals or “new” forms of retail. Even something like Gilt Groupe feels a bit inauthentic to me, driven by consumers wanting to wear “name brands,” and pushing brands that Gilt declares as being “name brands.” The construction of these things, further, elicits a sort of flurry of excitement over the brand, service or product. Sorry for being crass, but it’s a bit like “sex on the first date.” Instead of carefully building excitement and support for the product/brand/service, you instead create an artificial excitement that overwrites any meaningful, growing relationship one could have with consumers. Part of our experience is the journey to get to that experience, if that makes any sense, and if we’re journeying to be part of some social movement, we’re not necessarily journeying to find something great. As such, the gradual progression from a “first time user” to a “regular” to an “advocate,” or however you want to frame it, isn’t really allowed to grow. And that’s too bad for the brands, because the only company consumers are building that relationship with is Groupon.

Comment on (Not So) Gaga over Groupon by Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:41:48 +0000

We could agree more. That’s why we started browsemob. Contact us for more info regarding how me change the game (hint: nothing to do with mobile, yet).

Comment on Going Open by colin

colin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:50:59 +0000

Hi Dan,

I tend to agree with you about unbridled crowd sourcing can lead to mediocre thinking. Most of the places I can find successful examples of good, open collaboration harness the inputs at the right points of a process, without completely turning over complete responsibility to the crowd. That principle is why I’m excited about how IDEO build out their open platform – their’s points for everyone to contribute and places where experienced designers take those submissions and begin to shape things for later rounds of participation.

Comment on Going Open by Dan

Dan — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:27:05 +0000

I like the spirit of open collaboration however pure unbridled crowdsourcing often yields a lot of mediocre thinking from a big pool of amateurs. I think that open calls have to go to the right pool of creative thinkers not only for the ideas but also for the execution. The person or group that can think of a great solution isn’t always the best qualified to implement it.

Comment on The Art of Passive Aggression by Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:44:05 +0000

I would have the toaster scorch the toast until you shout at it to stop. It will sit there till you have ash if you leave it, just to spite.

Comment on Going Open by Noah Flower

Noah Flower — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:48:52 +0000

This looks like a fantastic approach. Not only does it recognize that ideas aren’t scarce, but it sounds like the design of the site is very well structured to get strangers into a truly collaborative brainstorming session. That’s a hard thing to do online. I can’t wait to kick the tires and see how well it performs.

Comment on Going Open by colin

colin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:56:25 +0000

Hey Rick,

I meant to type “ideas aren’t scarce”. The best ideas seem to come from sharing early and often. I hope OpenIDEO inspires people to share their inspirations and ideas only to be repaid with better ones.

Matt Ridley has a great TED talk around this topic:
http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex.html

Thanks for reading closely.
Colin

Comment on Going Open by Rob Jacobs

Rob Jacobs — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:35:44 +0000

I love that IDEO has jumped into the ring of tapping into the crowd and pulling our our “group wisdom” with a touch of IDEO design and design thinking. Best wishes to this endeavor.

Comment on Going Open by Rick Cartledge

Rick Cartledge — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:02:13 +0000

I’m really inspired by the site because it realizes a very important point: ideas aren’t scare.

do you mean: ideas aren’t scarce, or scarey?

good article Colin.