I published an article today on StartupNorth about how Canada needs to realize the technology business is a race. I’m very concerned about Canada falling behind while other countries all over the world are racing ahead with technology innovation.
Silicon Valley is a fascinating place. It’s a world center for innovation and technology, full of wickedly smart and ambitious people. A video called The Secret History of Silicon Valley is essential watching if you’re curious about how it all started.
…World War II set the stage for the creation and explosive growth of Silicon Valley, and the role of Frederick Terman and Stanford in working with government agencies (including the CIA and the National Security Agency)…
These same geniuses figured out that you could use ordinary tinfoil as plane chaff during WWII, and read Russia’s air defense network from radar signals bounced off of their own ICBM launches and the even the moon!
Unfortunately the folks from Google that put these tech talks up on YouTube don’t want me to show the video to you here. You have to click the link to see the video on YouTube.
Don’t worry about people copying what you do, worry about when they stop.
No matter what you make, people are going to copy you. It’s getting easier and faster to share ideas, rip and burn content and commoditize technology. You don’t even need to be on the same continent anymore.
Pro tip: start studying the copies and the copiers to stay ahead. Knowing the number of copycats, their talent, the market response to their copies, and the parity gap all give you an edge. Clever innovation will keep you at the head of the pack.
A variation of Jeffrey Zeldman on having your design stolen.
Today is is a big day at ConceptShare. We released ConceptShare V2 for all our customers, and we’re really proud of the work we put into it to mature our tool so far. We also released CorelDRAWConceptShare, the first project in a 5 year partnership with Corel.
Our community has helped us grow and mature our tool for design collaboration, leading to over 100 improvements since we launched in January of this year. This is just the start of how we will engage our users, here is what’s coming in 2008
Thanks to everyone who blogged, twittered, dugg and sent us messages of congratulations. Your support means a lot to the entire team. We always welcome your feedback too.
We’re getting really close to launching ConceptShare V2, the first major upgrade to our online tool for design collaboration. We’ve been testing it, but we know that we can’t possibly find every last bug ourselves. We’re setting up a testing account where you will be able to get a sneak peek. In return, we ask that you kick the tires and report any issues you find.
Please go to the ConceptShare V2 sneak peek page to apply.