Comments on: Open Sourced Bright Ideas and Micro Support http://www.fullcirc.com/2008/08/26/open-sourced-bright-ideas-and-micro-support/ connections for a changing world, online and offline... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nancy White http://www.fullcirc.com/2008/08/26/open-sourced-bright-ideas-and-micro-support/comment-page-1/#comment-5351 Nancy White Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:13:16 +0000 http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/?p=381#comment-5351 Thanks Eva -- your story really resonates with me. Steve, thanks for chiming in with more information. I'm very drawn to what y'all are doing! Thanks Eva — your story really resonates with me.

Steve, thanks for chiming in with more information. I’m very drawn to what y’all are doing!

]]> By: Steve Lambert http://www.fullcirc.com/2008/08/26/open-sourced-bright-ideas-and-micro-support/comment-page-1/#comment-5347 Steve Lambert Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:26:36 +0000 http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/?p=381#comment-5347 here's more info on eyebeam - http://eyebeam.org/ It is a non-profit. Those of us who made the shade are artists. We work on the OpenLab and you can read about that on the site. We're sort of in the middle of a redesign, so I apologize for the 404 and the current site. here’s more info on eyebeam – http://eyebeam.org/ It is a non-profit. Those of us who made the shade are artists. We work on the OpenLab and you can read about that on the site. We’re sort of in the middle of a redesign, so I apologize for the 404 and the current site.

]]> By: Eva Schiffer http://www.fullcirc.com/2008/08/26/open-sourced-bright-ideas-and-micro-support/comment-page-1/#comment-5328 Eva Schiffer Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:12:15 +0000 http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/?p=381#comment-5328 Dear Nancy, Another one of your great and thought provoking ones. Thanks. The other day when I proposed to do a brown-bag seminar about Net-Map (my own "bright idea shade") at the Interamerican Development Bank, even though I don't speak Spanish and it's unlikely that I'll ever consult for them, my contact asked me "What's in it for you?" Which links to the question you pose: Why would a for-profit actor give away an idea for free instead of selling it? In my case I think its a combination of profit and not-for-profit motivations. But to look at the profit side of things: I'd much rather be part of something big than something small. If I hold onto my ideas, they will never grow beyond the size of what I can manage - and will never be developed beyond the thoughts that fit into my brain. If I want to see a reflection of my ideas in the world, I have to let them go and do something without me controlling every step. Eva Dear Nancy,
Another one of your great and thought provoking ones. Thanks. The other day when I proposed to do a brown-bag seminar about Net-Map (my own “bright idea shade”) at the Interamerican Development Bank, even though I don’t speak Spanish and it’s unlikely that I’ll ever consult for them, my contact asked me “What’s in it for you?”

Which links to the question you pose: Why would a for-profit actor give away an idea for free instead of selling it? In my case I think its a combination of profit and not-for-profit motivations. But to look at the profit side of things: I’d much rather be part of something big than something small. If I hold onto my ideas, they will never grow beyond the size of what I can manage – and will never be developed beyond the thoughts that fit into my brain. If I want to see a reflection of my ideas in the world, I have to let them go and do something without me controlling every step.

Eva

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