Edward S.

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10 second creativity

Edward S. posted an article on - Aug 16, 2010, 8:44 am
and now for something completely different. This is the result of a project from the SECOND SQUARE TO NONE team.They asked 52 artists to contribute an audio snippet, 10 seconds long, and were able to compile a group of tracks showcasing the unique styles of all the artists. Also check out the variou...
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Start your own movement

Edward S. posted an article on - Aug 5, 2010, 4:22 pm
Another TED video. Not so much on Innovation but pretty relevantI like this because in innovation people can beat themselves up about novelty and being a thought leader and being original. This video reminds us of a couple of important things: Leaders without followers are just nuts Leaders should w...
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Innovation: Newspaper from Twitter

Edward S. posted an article on - Aug 4, 2010, 10:28 am
Here is a cool innovation.Using the site www.paper.li you can create an newspaper out of links or hashtags that people have shared on twitter. say I am interested in innovation, I can get a newspaper style page by using the hashtag #innovation get find this the #innovation Daily and I can set it to ...
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Are you doing the work you were born to do?

Edward S. posted an article on - Aug 4, 2010, 9:04 am
It is a question that we all face from time to time. Is this where I should be? I am doing the stuff I was meant to do?If that is where you are now check out Nick Williams and his thoughts on building an inspired business. If you are in London on the 12th August
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Podcast link: Startup

Edward S. posted an article on - Aug 4, 2010, 8:48 am
You probably have seen the announcement by Taoiseach Brian Cowen on the new Technology Fund. There has been a lot of discussion on whether or not we would get a whole bunch of startups. Here is a link to an interesting podcast in which Professor Kevin Shakesheff from the University of Nottingham tal...
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Too much information

Edward S. posted an article on - Aug 3, 2010, 3:46 pm
I had the twittertools plugin running over the last couple of days. The innovationIRL tweets although kinda interesting really make the blog look very untidy. I have switched it off but after a bit of thought have decided to keep the posts. It is better to be able to accept mistakes. That’s ho...
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-08-02

Edward S. posted an article on - Aug 2, 2010, 6:59 pm
#ireland Eichengreen and Temin on systems failures: Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin have written class… http://bit.ly/bAgJxF #economics # Good Stuff RIM may be developing a tablet to rival the iPad: BlackBerry-maker Research in Motio… http://bit.ly/b2JrJH http://bit.ly/arn7I # This loo...
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-08-01

Edward S. posted an article on - Aug 1, 2010, 6:59 pm
#ireland Stirling Energy Solar Thermal SunCatcherTM System Wins Best … http://bit.ly/9kqyvi #Ireland # #ireland DoF Document on Tax Reliefs: I wrote a couple of posts (here and here) earlier this year about … http://bit.ly/aLvr9P #economics # Powered by Twitter Tools
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-07-31

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 31, 2010, 6:59 pm
#earlymorningcycle #Belfast Bike police to tackle cycle rage on Lagan towpath. http://retwt.me/1O5YF (via @BelTel) # Powered by Twitter Tools
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-07-30

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 30, 2010, 6:59 pm
Good Stuff Sony's revenue and profit increase in Q2: Consumer-electronics giant Sony reported t… http://bit.ly/aWh4Fu http://bit.ly/arn7I # #ireland O'Keeffe provides €7m fund for academic researchers to … http://bit.ly/cPMHc6 #Ireland # Interested in #GTD or personal #producti...
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-07-29

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 29, 2010, 6:59 pm
#ireland Evolution … and economists: The following is the text of a letter from Terry McDonough carried… http://bit.ly/a5vQkr #thinkers # #R amp;D Minister launches €7m Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund: Today saw the launch of a €7m fund d… http://bit.ly/d7UBsH #Irelan...
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-07-28

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 28, 2010, 6:59 pm
#ireland The Austerity Debate: Slí Eile: Don't miss the Great Austerity Debate running on the Financial T… http://bit.ly/ckaREI #thinkers # This looks good Are Apple and Intel on a collision course?: Most Apple computers are far behind… http://bit.ly/9Bo3aY http://bit.ly/arn7I # Goo...
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-07-27

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 27, 2010, 6:59 pm
#ireland Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2010: The recently published NCC study on the costs of doing… http://bit.ly/bHMBVD #economics # #ireland Minimum wage – facts, fiction and flights of fancy: Sinéad Pentony: The minimum wage rate is €8…. http://bit.ly/cdTiyJ #thinkers #...
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Stroller Idea

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 27, 2010, 11:41 am
from ellybabes A nice bike to Stroller idea.
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-07-26

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 26, 2010, 6:59 pm
#ireland EU R&D funding not just for 'white-coated engineers' – Innovation … http://bit.ly/9aL4hg #Ireland # #ireland Oireachtas report on November floods: The Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment etc pub… http://bit.ly/asc36u #economics # #ireland Selling the fami...
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Ultimate invention

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 26, 2010, 5:28 pm
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-07-25

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 25, 2010, 6:59 pm
via @huffingtonpost: LIVE Video Event TODAY At 2pm EST: TONY ROBBINS Talks 'Breakthrough' With… http://huff.to/b7R5zS # Powered by Twitter Tools
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-07-24

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 24, 2010, 6:59 pm
#ireland Stress Tests: The results for the stress tests on 91 European banks were released yesterday eve… http://bit.ly/8WYSc2 #economics # Was asked today if I bought #innovation #magazines. I don't. who does? What would you recommend? # Going to see Toy Story 3 today. Great PIXAR video h...
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Another Augmented reality App

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 24, 2010, 6:46 am
Nice little video demo of what will is an innovation now but is forecast to be standard in the future. Just hold up your phone to be able to get information, contact details, social media info about a person. This will be integrated into your glasses or heads up display. Very nice. need to upgrade
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Upgraded to WordPress 3.0

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 24, 2010, 6:35 am
No Issues. Hooray!
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Handbook of Journalism

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 24, 2010, 6:18 am
Came across this great resource today. It is the Handbook of Journalism from Reuters, the news agency. I am on the outer fringes of what could reasonably be described as journalism but I am very impressed See here for my last printed article. This handbook is incredibily rich and detailed and reward...
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TRIZ Webinar

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 23, 2010, 11:09 am
Those wishing to find out some more about TRIZ can check out a “Welcome to TRIZ” series of webinars from Oxford Creativity. Each webinar will be led by an experienced TRIZ Trainer and Problem Solver. I’ve signed up. Maybe I’ll review it here.First one is next Friday 30th July so if i...
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Costs of Doing Business in Ireland

Edward S. posted an article on - Jul 23, 2010, 7:07 am
The National Competitiveness Council have released a report entitled “Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2010″. Every year the NCC publishes the two-volume Annual Competitiveness Report, this is volume one. The report describes Ireland regaining some of it’s lost competitveness sin...
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Incredible Masterclass on leadership, culture, accountablity and creativity.

Edward S. posted an article on - Apr 26, 2010, 11:25 am
Interested in how a small PC manufacturing startup became the most succesful creative and commercial film studio of our time. PIXAR the company behind Toy Story, Up and WALL-E is a huge success by any standard and this video is a huge insight into that success. I have watched this video a couple of ...
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Incredible Masterclass on leadership, culture, accountablity and creativity.

Edward S. posted an article on - Apr 26, 2010, 11:24 am
Interested in how a small PC manufacturing startup became the most succesful creative and commercial film studio of our time. PIXAR the company behind Toy Story, Up and WALL-E is a huge success by any standard and this video is a huge insight into that success. I have watched this video a couple of ...
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Innovation Taskforce Wordle

Edward S. posted an article on - Mar 21, 2010, 4:57 am
There has been some fascination with word searches through the Innovation Taskforce report. The TASC blog post looking for tax to find it 127 times for example.  I thought it would be interesting to create a Wordle out of the text of the report. A Wordle is a word cloud, that gives greater prominen...
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Video: Douglas Adams at the University of California

Edward S. posted an article on - Mar 21, 2010, 3:33 am
Shortly before his death in 2001 Douglas Adams recorded this talk at USCB. Adams was the author of The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy series and some other great books. I have a great fondness for The Long Dark Teatime of the soul. This is about animals and their crazy lifestyles. Perhaps it is als...
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Video: put the No in Innovation

Edward S. posted an article on - Mar 20, 2010, 6:06 pm
OK it’s an ad for cereal.It is pretty good though. for those of you who have trouble wasting time I recommend Google Earth
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Free "How-to" Webinar on TRIZ

Edward S. posted an article on - Mar 20, 2010, 5:54 pm
Gem from Ellens Blog. There is going to be a “how-to” session on TRIZ on March 29th. It’s Eastern time so Irish folks might what to catch up on the recording.There is going to be a micro lesson on Ideality, use of resources and resolving physical contradictions. I spent a good chun...
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InnovationIRL tweets for 2010-03-16

Edward S. posted an article on - Mar 16, 2010, 6:59 pm
Pretty good stuff about Innovation at http://innovation.alltop.com # New blog post: Attend MIT for Free http://tinyurl.com/d3fbl3 # Starting the MIT course: Managing the Innovation Process. Will post updates on http://innovationchef.com and on twitter # New blog post: InnovationChef has been selecte...
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Junior Inventor 2010

Edward S. posted an article on - Mar 16, 2010, 10:08 am
With calls from the Innovation Commissioner and the recommendations from the Innovation Taskforce ringing in our ears, the Irish Patents office has announced details of Junior Inventor 2010. This competition is aimed at Irish primary school children and encourages young students to be innovative t...
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Different view on the Innovation Taskforce report

Edward S. posted an article on - Mar 15, 2010, 12:42 pm
Colm McCarthy, the UCD economist & chair of the An Bord Snip Nua team, commented this weekend on the Innovation Taskforce report. He wasn’t overly impressed, describing it as a “flight of pure fantasy” The 132-page report is profoundly depressing, a cornucopia of buzzwords, singul...
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Towards an i-conomy

Edward S. posted an article on - Mar 15, 2010, 11:39 am
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the EU commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, deliverd the 2010 Guglielmo Marconi lecture at the Lisbon Council’s innovation summit Innovation Summit of the Lisbon Council Brussels. The “i” in “i-conomy” is for innovation, never wou...
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