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Let's open up

By Björn Jeffery on 2009-10-01
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You're either part of the problem, or part of the solution. That's what they say. We intend to be a part of the latter.

So let's start by looking wide, taking in ideas that we haven't paid enough attention to. Let's talk about the big issues, the ones that we've underestimated when working with media. Drivers behind behavior. Consequences of a rapid technology development. Incentives for interaction. Perceived value. 

Let's listen to what Nokia´s user anthropologist Jan Chipchase says about the changing value of collective mobs, when the threshold of creating them is lowered:

Bonnier R&D to Stream 09

By Linnea Pontvik on 2009-10-01
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Sara Öhrvall will keep us posted from the digital unconference STREAM

Stream 09 is a digital "unconference" that will bring together two hundred of the brightest people from the creative, media and technology industries to discuss and debate ideas and opportunities in the areas of culture, innovation and the internet. Participants are invited for their ability to provide fresh thinking. Attendance is by invitation only. One of this year's attendants are Sara Öhrvall, Director of Bonnier R&D.

Alea iacta est

By Erich Hugo on 2009-08-27
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The web is maturing. Here are some thoughts on possible business plans for the future.

The die has been cast. So said Julius Caesar after he had crossed the Rubicon river and realized there was no turning back. As a society we are now wading into the safe shallows of our most recent Rubicon, the most devastating economic crisis known to any living person. But the question arises, what is this world we are entering into? Is it going to be a remake of the one before the economic crisis. If it is then I am not quite sure that we are capable of learning. As Gordon Gecko stated in Wall Street, Greed is good, I would like to add , so is responsibility. But what of it?

Mashups

By Erich Hugo on 2009-04-27
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Think you've got a great new idea?  R&D's Erich Hugo says you might want to check your sources

"Nothing like the sun."  Those words were written in the 17th century by William Shakespeare, and in 1987 they were sampled by Sting when he released an album by the same name. The album was critically acclaimed by the music industry and the public in general still rates this as probably his best album.

In 1989, an unknown white boy rap artist Robert van Winkle, better known as Vanilla Ice, sampled a baseline (even more diffuse than lyrics) from a song called "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie.  He released it as a mashup called "Ice Ice Baby".

Choice Limits Choice

By Erich Hugo on 2009-04-16
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R&D's Erich Hugo on "choice-iness", or how new tech avenues make us choose away

And so it has come to pass. I have actually closed a tech avenue by choosing an alternative product which gives me alternative choices. And it makes me feel lost.

Land of the Blind

By Erich Hugo on 2009-03-31
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R&D's Erich Hugo wants web leaders to stop out-innovating the consumer

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king—or so the old adage goes.

But what has this got to do with the world we live in today? Well, it struck me last night while I was doing some dishes, using the latest and greatest dishwashing liquid.  It actually contained an active ingredient extracted from cucumber.  And I was like, what??

But the fact of the matter is that the whole webifaction trend is affecting all walks of life.  The web today is conducting a global race into obscurity—hence cucumber-enriched dishwashing liquid.

The End of the OS

By Erich Hugo on 2009-03-12
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R&D's Erich Hugo on the end of the operating system, and why that's a good thing

I am a consumer (not the walrus) and I need to get my daily fix of PopSci. So of course I need to pop into the website and see the latest headlines...If only it was as simple as that, though, because the wish to consume media means I need to get to a lap- or desktop. I need to boot the device up, which is all ready a two- to three-minute plus exercise; I then add some seconds to find and open the relevant browser application.

Fire Upon the Deep Web

By Erich Hugo on 2009-03-11
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R&D's Erich Hugo on the question of your online reputation

For my first blog entry I was asked to say a few words about myself, and right now I am stumped. So instead of me preaching about myself, I recommend that you guys do a search on my name and I will try and track you. I will post the results of anybody searching on my name (which I can find) here on the blog. That way you will get an overview of who I am and we get my first blog post done.

Stuff We Like

By Megan Miller on 2009-02-02
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New ideas that deserve Bonnier's stamp of approval

Each month, Bonnier's research team scours the Web for exciting technologies and publications to share with our staff. Here's what we like right now:

Hot and Not-so-Hot

By Megan Miller on 2009-02-02
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The importance of re-engineered browsers, and why freedom of speech is in danger

What’s Hot

In times when cloud computing is coming on strong, re-engineered browsers play an important role on the web. According to Wired, two winning browsers are Mozilla’s Firefox 3 and Google Chrome. Although Firefox 3 is still only the second-most-popular browser after Microsoft Internet Explorer, it is the feisty favorite of the web elite.