Graphjam. Pop culture piecharts ahoy.

Very much in the B3ta.com vein, check out Graphjam for some real, user-generated goodness. Very funny.
Some good ones:

I really want to write something profound about the social objects but I’m just too tired. I will soon, I promise.

Wishful Linking: Daily Links for Creative Professionals

Mark McGuinness’ new project is a must for anyone working in the creative sector.
I’ll let him explain:

I’ve just created a new blog, Wishful Linking, to share links that may be useful and/or interesting to you as a creative professional. So if you’d like me to send you links to web pages about creativity, creative careers, [...]

Don’t give ANYTHING away for free. Do you hear me??

I went to a C4 event last week about the legal issues around collaboration and Intellectual Property.
Nothing particularly earthshattering to report; however I must say I was surprised with what seemed to be a rather negative attitude towards Creative Commons (a new set of alternatives to Copyright, some of which allow others a greater [...]

Jumpcut

I’m not often really blown away by a new site but this one has really impressed me. Jumpcut is a system which allows users to create their own videos online quickly and easily.
To make a video you just need to:

Upload titles and imagery.

Upload your video clips (it doesn’t seem to complain much about formats which [...]

A little bit of Thursday wisdom

From Seth’s Blog:
The two reasons people say no to your idea
“It’s been done before”
“It’s never been done before”
Even though neither one is truthful, accurate or useful, you need to be prepared for both.
Great stuff, as usual.

Get your name in lights

A great example of how to mix online and offline elements to create a great participative project. Check out the website and tell them who you think should be projected in gigantic letters across Birmingham City Centre.

Anyone want to do a Personal MBA?

Touted as a way to "Master Business Without Spending a Fortune", the basic idea of the Personal MBA is that instead of spending tens of thousands of pounds doing a traditional MBA in a business school, you spend a tiny fraction of the money on reading a preselected list of books which have been chosen [...]

What Kind of Innovator am I?

No idea. I just tried the Are you experimental or conceptual? quiz to work out whether I am an “Experimental Innovator” or a “Conceptual Innovator”. The ideas are based on the work of David Galenson and were brought to my attention by a recent post on the excellent Creativity Exchange blog.
Unfortunately I’m [...]

How to make money when people copy your stuff

99% of everyone I’ve spoken to over the last year still doesn’t believe that anyone’s going to make any money out of peer to peer content sales over the internet. (i.e. I cheaply make some video, music, e-books or anything else and sell a copy to you directly and cheaply over the web without there being a [...]

Online Communities for Creative People

This article will be published in the forthcoming edition of TEN4 magazine.
One of the Internet’s biggest success stories in recent years has been the rise and rise of online communities – sites that allow anyone, technically able or not, to communicate with each other and publish their own content.
Many of these websites centre on people [...]