Dominic Basulto
Digital Thinker, Electric Artists
Dominic Basulto is a digital thinker at Electric Artists in New York and a contributor to The Washington Post's Ideas@Innovations blog. He is working on a manuscript of a new book on innovation called "Endless Innovation, Most Beautiful and Most Wonderful."
Without paying a dime yet, it looks like Rupert Murdoch has already shaken up the Wall Street Journal with his outrageous $5 billion takeover bid, forcing the paper to rethink […]
On Monday, Wal-Mart announced plans to sell Skype products (handsets, Webcams, headsets and other equipment) in more than 1,800 of its stores — proving once again that there are two […]
These days, some of the most important and significant innovation is taking place within the context of building a more eco-friendly, eco-conscious world. In fact, I’ve added a brand new […]
A great way to wrap your arms around the zeitgeist: advertising agency JWT has put together a list of the 70 “in” products, services and trends that will help to […]
n nSanjay Dalal of the Creativity and Innovation Driving Business blog has posted an interesting Q&A with Erich Joachimsthaler, founder and CEO of Vivaldi Partners and the author of the […]
There’s something about this that looks a wee bit dangerous: extreme ironing competitions. Apparently, this is legit: you can buy a book about Extreme Ironing on Amazon.com (U.K.) or watch […]
n nYet another example of the way that Google is changing forever the fabric of our lives – parents are choosing baby names based on the probability of them rising […]
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal featured a “Boss Talk” interview with George David, the CEO of United Technologies. Apparently, the guy is such an intellectual powerhouse that his aides […]
Archaeologists have long struggled to explain how the Egyptians got blocks weighing tons to the top of the 481-foot-high Great Pyramid… Now we know the answer – and it doesn’t […]
Gerald “Solutionman” Haman, the head of Thinkubator Chicago and a truly original thinker, is looking to recognize the world’s most innovative and creative talent as part of the Innovation Idol […]
Couldn’t pass this up. The small business community Ekaweeka has been featuring this YouTube video of a photo shoot for Innovator Jeans on its front page: young lovelies dance around […]
In a feature called Innovators at the Gate, FORTUNE magazine recently profiled 24 disruptive innovators, including Craig Venter (the guy who helped map the human genome), Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel […]
Within the financial services space, the P2P social lending phenomenon continues to gather momentum. Now, as alarm:clock points out, it looks like billionaire British tycoon Richard Branson has stepped up […]
Over at Marketing Profs: Daily Fix, Elaine Fogel recently riffed on the fact that many university sites have become almost impossible to navigate, due primarily to a proliferation of poorly-organized […]
One advantage of working in the Times Square area is the ability to check out interesting new billboards on a daily basis. The other day, this billboard over the Westin […]
At a time when product lifecycle times are rapidly shrinking and the global economy is forcing organizations to adopt high-velocity business processes, is it really possible that even the most […]
n nImagine being able to tap into a worldwide resource of ideas and innovation concepts, contributed by a mix of amateurs and experts from a range of different industries and […]
Who knew? Apparently, the opposite of “shoplifting” is “shopdropping.” According to The Consumerist, shopdropping is when people print out “improved” labels at home and attach them to items in retail […]
n nWhen (or if) you think about innovation within the chemicals industry, names like DuPont, Dow Chemical or maybe a big conglomerate like GE come to mind. But did you […]
The three keys to creativity [Edward de Bono] Thoughts to make work better and your life easier [Thoughtopsy] Hugh Macleod introduces the Blue Monster cartoon for Microsoft [Gaping Void] Weyerhaeuser […]
n Looks like the old Don’t Trust Anyone Over 30 maxim that was popular during the rebellious 1960’s has been re-mixed by Baby Boomer Silicon Valley venture capitalists to become […]
Just what every environmentally-friendly, eco-sustainable army needs: a fully-armored, diesel-electric two-seat hybrid all-terrain vehicle. And did I mention that it’s capable of running in super-silent stealth mode as well? According […]
Sonia Zjawinski of the Underwire blog points to a cool new architectural creation being mulled over by our good friends in the Middle East. Despite the coolness factor of having […]
n nGoogle’s attempt to make all of the world’s information searchable now extends to the human genome. As Walter Derzko of the Smart Economy blog points out, Google has just […]
Apparently, young Americans have little or no idea of where the best innovation in the world is taking place. When in doubt, they simply assume innovative high-tech products come from […]
In this two-minute video filmed entirely in Second Life, the avatar of Xerox Chief Technology Officer Sophie Vandebroek talks about research in 3-D virtual worlds from Xerox’s innovation group. In […]
After a flurry of recent deals over the past month involving Google, Microsoft and WPP Group, it is no longer clear which companies are at the top of the digital […]
A sign of the times that Google is starting to carry around some of that “technology monolith” baggage usually reserved for the likes of Microsoft or AT&T: Scott Heiferman, the […]
When GE first announced its Ecomagination marketing campaign to promote all the ways that the company is leveraging innovation throughout each of its core businesses, it looked like a slam […]
n nNASA is experimenting with Second Life as a platform for broader collaboration on the future of space exploration. The space agency has already created a virtual island in Second […]