Jun

29

Crowd gaming: Become a human joystick

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From crowd sourcing to crowd gaming, this is genius, check out this video which will explain all:

Jun

29

Whose the DADI?

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It was great to be informed by Ben Keene (co-founder of tribewanted) last night that the web team behind tribewanted, Komodo, have won two prestigious DADI Awards. DADI stands for Drum Awards for Digital Industries and Komodo and Tribewanted won the category of Most Innovative Project and Komodo won the Daddy of all Awards, The Grand Prix Award, for their design of tribewanted.

The Komodo Team who put together the tribewanted website have done an incredible job with much of the online community side of the project not even visible to the outside world - however, it is excellent stuff and Komodo have done a great job winning these awards for Tribewanted.

It is both humbling and exciting to see that a project that started in your head, comes to life and now starts winning awards. It is also fantastic to see the team who were around you from the beginning win awards for their work on the project too - we picked an awesome team! There are certainly even bigger things ahead for tribewanted and I am very proud of the possibilities and potential.

Once again, congratulations to Komodo for their award winning work, which has made the tribewanted site incredibly unique.

Check it out: www.komododesign.co.uk
Check it out: www.tribewanted.com
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Jun

28

Where are the Joneses?

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I love the fact that readers of this website are now sending in links for me to explore. The latest link is where are the Joneses? This website seems to be an online interactive comedy which really pulls together the power of online social media networking sites. When you head over to the website it gives you information about the characters, you can follow the filmed footage on youtube and you can also have a say in where the story plot is going.

Now, over to the plot, the basic story is that one woman has discovered that her father is not in fact her Dad but that she gained her place on this earth via a sperm donor who has also provided her with 26 other siblings throughout Europe and she is on a mission to find them.

Personally I find some of the episodes funny and others I don’t find that funny but such is comedy. This is a very clever way of using the internet and although I cannot find it stated on the website I am certain that there is a production company behind this. All in all I love seeing the way that things are developing with multi-media and this is an exciting step forward.

Check it out: www.wherearethejoneses.com

Jun

27

The dreams of the Third World

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There has been a lot going on at the moment in the ‘People. Passion. Planet’ headquarters. Three major projects are getting off the ground which is bringing about some really exciting interest. Nevertheless, ironically, during the busy times I like to take some time out, just to get a different perspective of situations and of life.

Last night, for the second time, I watched Hotel Rwanda. This is the story of the heroisism of one man during the Rwandan genocide as the struggle between the Hutu and Tutsi groups grew. This one man, Paul Rusesabagina, through an act of compassion saved the lives of many people. This is a poweful and moving thing which got me thinking, once again, about the Third World.

After the film had ended I sat thinking about the hidden creativity and talent within the Third World. As much as there are young entrepreneurs in the Western World, there are hidden entrepreneurs in the Third World. These young people have the creativity and potential to change the lives of villages, to change the lives of future generation by starting businesses and seeing a difference in their communities. I then began to wonder whether these hidden people remain hidden and never fulfil their potential because of lack of aspiration, motivation and finances. In areas of poverty, has it become a generational attitude and understanding that dreamers will never fulfil their dreams?

I am really passionate about getting involved in projects that will inspire, teach and educate young entrepreneurs across Third World Countries, projects that enable these people to run with businesses in a real and life changing way. If you know of any such projects please let me know.

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