Swarm Creativity Blog

Coolhunt Log #12 Tuesday, May 1, 2007 On Stage: Scott Cooper, MIT researcher with the Sloan School of Management, co-author of " Coolhunting " Peter Gloor, MIT researcher with the Sloan School of Management, co-author of " Coolhunting " Steve O'Keefe, moderator MODERATOR: Could you tell us where you're calling from? PETER: I'm calling in from Switzerland today. SCOTT: Today, I'm calling from my home office in MA. MODERATOR: I'd like to remind everyone of the rules of the Coolhunt. We do at least one site, one blog post, one comment on another blog, and try to make one personal connection via email or phone. PETER: Zebo seems to be mostly for lonely boys and girls wanting someone to talk you, and I'm amazed so much information is right there for everyone to read. WEB: http://www.zebo.com/ SCOTT: An alum sent me an email about this website, GoLoco, for ride sharing. MODERATOR: I'm wondering how many people post profiles on how many differen...

Coolhunt Log #6 Monday, April 23, 2007 On Stage: Scott Cooper, MIT researcher with the Sloan School of Management, co-author of Coolhunting Peter Gloor, MIT researcher with the Sloan School of Management, co-author of Coolhunting Steve O'Keefe, moderator Leading the Coolhunt today is Scott Cooper. SCOTT: Let's start with a website that I go to everyday: O'Reilly Radar at Radar.Oreilly.com. WEB: http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/freebase_will_p_1.html SCOTT: I thought it would be interesting to discuss the software program Freebase. The concept behind it is quite amazing, and what it means for bridging ideas for the future of the web. Because it's an alpha product, however, we can't actually look at it at this point. PETER: On our 3/11/07 Swarm Creativity blog post, we discussed Freebase and Danny Hillis. Hillis created Thinking Machines, which involved a massively parallel computer called the Connection Machine. SCOTT: He's the brain behind Freebase, a s...