http://idunited.com Social Media Consultant for hire. Detroit, Michigan Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:34:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   At PSFK Conference NYC, Danielle Sacks (Fast Company) led a thought-provoking discussion about the rise of the “New Idea Agencies” - companies that are thinking outside of the traditional client-agency model and creating their own products, brands, and intellectual property to launch direct to market. The panel, featuring Robbie Vitrano ... http://idunited.com/2009/05/18/new-idea-agencies/ Clear Magazine (based in Royal Oak, MI) has announced the publication of its first tree-less, 100 percent recyclable magazine. Printed on YUPO® synthetic papers, Clear’s latest issue, themed “fame underground,” premiered at December’s Design Miami/Basel festival, where Clear was also a media partner. This environmentally friendly publication is the brainchild of Clear ... http://idunited.com/2008/12/29/clear-is-the-new-green/   Spotted @ DesignBoom > kaikai kiki will be participated in design miami for the first time this year. the studio will present a number of decorative and functional object designed by takashi murakami. the works are based on murakami’s art and present his vision of a ‘superflat’ world, in which there is ... http://idunited.com/2008/11/19/takashi-murakami-flower-ball-gigantic-stuffed-animal/   Another great video from TED!  At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks 28 minutes about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play. Tim Brown, President and CEO of the multidisciplinary design firm IDEO, tells how we can learn the most from our shortest creators. Kids can inform our outlook ... http://idunited.com/2008/11/17/tim-brown-the-powerful-link-between-creativity-play/   Another Classsic! A tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea. For millions of years, humans have been seeking out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). It's our nature. Now the Internet ... http://idunited.com/2008/11/13/tribes-seth-godin/ Kevin Kelly says that if we told people 5,000 days ago what the web was going to offer they would say it was impossible so now we have to expect the impossible for the next 5,000 days. His suggests that we’re constructing a single, global machine and that our handhelds ... http://idunited.com/2008/11/10/next-5000-days-on-the-internet/ (likemind) made the New York Times Style section last friday! Me and Eric Cedo have been running (likemind) here in Detroit for about a year and half now. Detroit is just one of the 55+ cities around the world that meet every third friday of the month for coffee + conversation. We like to ... http://idunited.com/2008/10/27/likemind-x-new-york-times/   Google is setting out to change the world again,.. this time with your ideas > If you have an idea that you believe would help somebody, we want to hear about it. We're looking for ideas that help as many people as possible, in any way, and we're committing the funding ($10million) to ... http://idunited.com/2008/10/07/project-10-to-the-100/  Check out the Danish island of Samso. This island of roughly 4,000 residents has completely wiped away its carbon footprint by using a combination of wind & solar power and biofuel. This all started back in 1998 when the island set out on a project to produce 100% of their ... http://idunited.com/2008/09/29/carbon-neutral-island/   I saw this image over @Kathy Sierra's blog a few days ago and it stuck with me.   Overall,.. I think any business, project, etc. worth pursuing will always involve some sort of wall or "obstacle" ShareThis http://idunited.com/2008/09/09/the-wall-get-over-it/