tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51795517814553642002011-07-31T01:24:01.908+10:00Make Stuff Better!KHnoreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-50314629794472547712010-04-21T16:53:00.010+10:002010-04-22T14:39:24.060+10:00

Great news. After a bit of a wait we've finally rolled out the new version of OneEyeDeer and there are a bunch of great changes based on your feedback!Release notes can be found at the bottom of this post but there are a few things I want to highlight:---------New VideoWe’ve put up a new video on our landing page too!I'd be keen to hear if you think it makes the whole OED thing make a little more

KHnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-11328916343189470642010-04-19T19:01:00.004+10:002010-04-19T19:04:38.091+10:00

Just a quick post to let you know v0.8 is about to drop.There are a bunch of changes coming up that should make the site even better to use.Exciting!Oh, BTW, you can now catch us on Facebook and TwitterJoin our Facebook Page HEREFollow OED on twitter HERE

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-22849854363436908912010-02-01T10:56:00.011+11:002010-02-01T18:12:12.947+11:00

Intersting story in the NYT today about how the iPad, and Apple products more generally I guess, are an example of how the "auteur model of innovation" (where one powerful runs the whole process) has led to exceptional results.The author, Steve Lohr, also sites Avatar (now the highest grossing film of all time) as another example.The vibe of the story is that in a world of crowd-sourcing/open

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-10589911149088377552009-12-01T17:12:00.003+11:002009-12-01T17:15:26.137+11:00

Just a quick post to let you know you can now keep track of recent activity on OneEyeDeer by following our OneEyeDeer twitter account.Check it out!

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-32934595541968464332009-11-17T11:35:00.006+11:002009-11-18T10:30:47.460+11:00

The latest release of OneEyeDeer has hit the streets and there are a bunch of changes on both the front and back end.Those changes have come as a result of feedback we've had from the community more generally and from all the excellent students at the University of Sydney who trialled OED as a learning tool a couple of months ago.We're really happy with the direction OED is taking and have a

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-15905339255438112482009-10-21T16:23:00.002+11:002009-10-21T16:33:47.835+11:00

Just realised it's been a few months since our last post, which is a bit slack.So here's an update on what we've been up to:The most important thing is that we've opened up the site to the public. There's been no launch, no hoo-ha, not even an email to existing users. That will all come when we finalise a couple of things we're working on. In the meantime, you can now jump on the site at

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-86342157438336241062009-07-02T15:56:00.006+10:002009-07-02T16:09:19.263+10:00

We really love speaking with community members to find out what you like about the site and what you don't.Here's an interview we did with top user 'ct8im' about his experiences on the site.We'll be contacting more of you to hopefully do some quick interviews in the near future, so keep an eye out for our emails.Now, onto the interview...Describe OneEyeDeer (OED) in your words?hate it. post it.

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-7079455749034171942009-06-17T23:09:00.006+10:002009-06-18T10:05:23.864+10:00

Wow - it's only been 3 weeks since we dropped the last version of OneEyeDeer and there's already been an amazing amount of activity on the site.A big thanks to each and every one of you who has taken the time to jump on the site.We're well aware that everyone is attention poor these days, so whether you've popped in to view an issue or done anything from posting an issue to ranking a solution to

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-50723925744060069832009-05-27T23:15:00.009+10:002009-05-28T09:05:54.207+10:00

OneEyeDeer is up and running for more beta-testing and boy have we made a bunch of changes! We’ve included a list of all the changes below but, at a high level, the changes have focussed on making the site more engaging for you - the OneEyeDeer community member.If you haven't already signed up as a beta-tester, jump on the site at www.oneeeydeer.com and register and we'll send you out details

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-46798132120562480862009-05-26T22:16:00.005+10:002009-05-26T22:28:58.574+10:00

Earlier on in the year, Sydney Uni Lecturer Massimo Garbuio and I sat down and spoke about using OneEyeDeer as part of his Global Entrepreneurship and Enterprise course.As a result, OED was the focus of a group assignment for three separate groups of students.Those 3 groups selected OED as the subject of their assignment, after seeing presentations from a few different orgs.I had the pleasure

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-1577136856123676432009-04-26T09:53:00.005+10:002009-04-26T10:04:34.140+10:00

More press today for Lead User Innovation (LUI) - this time in The New York TimesOf course, LUI is the driving force behind our work here at OneEyeDeer.It's a good article that goes over the motivation for LUI, dispels some of the "exploitation of users" myths and also highlights some of the companies starting to work with their users.Not bad for a few hundred words. Well done to the author Steve

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-16415765482822704382009-04-01T10:13:00.004+11:002009-04-01T10:30:39.754+11:00

I've just finished reading Jason from 37Signals' post on why Get Satisfaction is getting it wrong.Essentially, the article says that the way Get Satisfaction is treating companies is akin to extortion. There's more to it than that, but that's at the heart of Jason's argument. He feels that the Get Satisfaction 37 Signals company page represents 37 Signals as not caring about their customers and

KHnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-24235484104892631782009-03-23T14:32:00.002+11:002009-03-23T14:54:20.364+11:00

We're big fans of Umair Haque here at OneEyeDeer. His work on edge competencies, networks, communities and markets helped drive the creation of OneEyeDeer.His insights into what's wrong with business today and how it can be fixed has further inspired us to continue our work.Umair recently presented at the Daytona Sessions. You can check out the video HERE.It's a long talk - just over an hour -

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-19209772518680504872009-03-23T10:52:00.003+11:002009-03-23T11:54:06.794+11:00

In case you don't know, I'm also the founder/editor of an Australian-focused tech startup news/reviews blog called TechNation Australia.Last week I posted a story on that blog about a speech that Kim Carr, Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, gave at the National Press Club. That post focused on a small portion of Mr. Carr's talk, but there were some other very

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-65324898651057499052009-02-13T12:18:00.004+11:002009-02-13T13:58:57.046+11:00

Hey Everyone,As usual, a massive thanks for all your hard work helping us beta-test OneEyeDeer. The amount of activity continues to flatter and surprise us.As such, whether you’re an active poster, an occasional participant or an interested reader we can’t thank you enough for spending some of your valuable time at OneEyeDeer.At the bottom of this post are the latest notes/changes for this

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-26780116160509774712009-01-23T15:00:00.000+11:002009-01-23T15:00:21.085+11:00

Well our second round of beta-testing has been going for a week now and we've been blown away by the response! (You can still sign up if you haven't yet by visiting www.oneeyedeer.com)Over the past 7 days we've had over 230 contributions, or more than 30 a day! That's massive from a limited, hand-selected, beta-testing list of only 85 people.Part of those contributions included the identification

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-22130710510404574242009-01-23T11:54:00.003+11:002009-01-23T11:58:40.558+11:00

Release v0.3.1 is about to go live.Below are the release notes. Thanks to all those who contributed feedback.Release Notes v 0.3.1Solutions can now be commented on rather than creating a discussion for a brief commentNotify users when they are posting as to prevent Anonymous commentsLarger comment boxes to allow for better commentsBetter Display Name colours to differentiate from different user

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-53058658461502166732009-01-16T10:33:00.003+11:002009-01-16T10:37:00.160+11:00

Beta testing has opened again and the content is flowing in at a cracking pace.Thanks to everyone involved.If you signed up for more info and haven't received the beta site details, please check your junk mail / spam folder. If it's not there, drop me an email at info [at] oneeyedeer [dot] com and I'll sort it out.If you haven't registered yet, please go to www.oneeyedeer.com and put in your

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-17072477066380049952009-01-12T16:11:00.017+11:002009-01-12T17:45:57.102+11:00

Been reading some of innovation expert John Wolpert's work over at his site - The Three Percent.According to the About Page, the site is "based on the notion that only about three percent of any population is actually innovating - as opposed to inventing, improving…or watching the clock to get home in time for The Simpsons rerun hour".Sounds like a fair call.Later on, John goes on to say "

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-31083382827367109112009-01-07T23:48:00.002+11:002009-01-07T23:51:14.018+11:00

In less than a week we'll be opening up OneEyeDeer for another round of testing.I'll outline the fixes/updates when it all goes live, but I wanted to give everyone the heads up before it happensExciting times ahead :)

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-71674352924692187302008-10-27T22:51:00.003+11:002008-10-27T23:06:59.198+11:00

Intuit co-founder Scott Cook has written a really interesting article for the HBR October 2008 issue called "The Contribution Revolution: Letting Volunteers Build Your Business".You can check it out HEREIt's a really good overview of how more and more large organisations are starting to embrace user-led innovation and also covers some of the reasons why there is resistance to adoption.A really

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-58926477817137987932008-08-04T17:14:00.004+10:002008-08-04T17:20:54.438+10:00

The latest round of testing has closed.We're now going to go back into development mode and will re-release for another round of testing in a few short weeks.The feedback we've received from the current round has been invaluable in helping us understand what we've got right and what we need to focus on and improve.To all the people who have contributed and given us feedback, we'd like to say

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-53352666463119601952008-07-23T10:45:00.005+10:002008-07-23T11:14:02.382+10:00

We've just made a range of updates to OneEyeDeer.Thanks to all the people who took the time to post / email us with suggestions.In particular we'd like to thank the following people for their efforts: -ct8imdr.nicRat Boy Snakeylacremesally84z0rbarach3ronronoridentalBelow are the latest release notes. v0.3 is well one the way and should be released in the next week or so.As always, if you'd like

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-43416579353759595432008-07-11T09:00:00.003+10:002008-07-11T09:24:32.451+10:00

Finally we're ready to start another round of testing.With the amount of dramas we've had, culminating in a 4 day server outage thanks to Media Temple, you'd think that someone had it in for us.But we've made it through that little rough patch and we're really excited to have people playing with the site again.In a short while www.oneeyedeer.com will be available for use again.In case you're not

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-91812337561919123832008-06-30T08:36:00.004+10:002008-06-30T08:53:28.481+10:00

Just as we were about to launch our latest round of testing a couple of weeks ago, Firefox 3 released and broke our open-source WYSIWYG editor :(We could have just gone ahead, but at just over 25.6 Million downloads (check out the current count here)it's not something we could ignore.Ahhhh - the perils of open-source...It's a constant conversation we have while developing the site - how much

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-18968446933199457982008-05-13T21:39:00.004+10:002008-05-18T19:50:39.076+10:00

So it looks like one of the pioneers of the crowdsourcing movement, Cambrian House is on the way out.Personally I put this down to 2 things: -1. Crowdsourcing =/= Lead User Innovation (and its cousin - prosumption)2. If money is used as an incentive to get people to collaborate on innovation projects then you invite problems that are very difficult to overcomeI won't go into the detail on this

KHnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-9296353314077717222008-04-06T18:32:00.004+10:002008-04-06T18:40:31.746+10:00

Just finished up 2 days at Barcamp Sydney 3.As usual, it was an excellent couple of days and another example of the potential that exists within the Sydney Startup Community.Congrats to the barcamp unorganisers. I did a quick talk on Open Coffee focussing on what else other entrpreneurs want/need in terms of support to help them grow their businesses. Got some really good feedback which we'll

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-29351679463735208422008-03-29T12:01:00.002+11:002008-03-29T12:14:54.013+11:00

Interesting article over at Harvard Business Online about open source innovation.While what BIG is doing may seem exciting at first, it's not until the comments that you see how they've gotten it wrong. To quote Phil Meyers' (from TunedIn Blog) comment: Interesting stuff. I'll have to pick up Michael's book. Our research found that the best innovations didn't come from inventors looking for big

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-88972140564250970932008-03-11T21:50:00.004+11:002008-03-11T22:15:30.653+11:00

Interesting Panel the other day at Microsoft Mix08. Duncan Riley made has posted a video over at Techcrunch.Featured in the panel and video is Frank Arrigo (Microsoft), Bryan Biniak (CEO Jacked), Tim Kendall (Facebook), Loic Le Meur (CEO Seesmic), Chris Saad (Particls).Quote of the day? Must go to Tim Kendall of Facebook with :“Facebook believes the best ads are the ones users don’t know are ads”

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-47315072009023246102008-03-11T11:38:00.001+11:002008-03-11T11:39:59.737+11:00

Time for us to start blogging again. Same focus with a little more info on how we're progressing with our startupIt's good to be back.

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-64576415008767317242007-08-03T16:55:00.000+10:002007-08-03T17:16:41.351+10:00

Check out Yahoo and Google and how they're harnessing the Wisdom of CrowdsYahoo has had their Buzz Game for a little while.Now Google is starting to muck around with it as wellShould be good to see what comes out of their efforts

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-4215662661169169182007-07-31T18:25:00.000+10:002007-07-31T18:34:24.794+10:00

Nice post over at Read/Write Web on the Attention Economy.It's a good overview of the whole attention economy issue at the moment - something which is worth getting to know more about as it will be affecting us all more and more in the near future.And, for those interested in the actual economics of the attention economy, don't miss Umair Haque's notes over at BubblegenerationNote as well that

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-86896998973163108472007-07-24T14:52:00.000+10:002007-07-24T15:06:03.048+10:00

Check out Stamen DesignSome of you might be familiar with their work at Digg LabsTheir data visualisation work is great. The thing I love most about it is that it is both conceptual and practicalv nice.

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-4570086633514576252007-07-24T14:05:00.000+10:002007-07-24T14:50:59.283+10:00

Not sure if everyone caught the press around 3D Mailbox over the past week or so.I guess the general sentiment can be summed up by the Tech Crunch Article - 3D Mailbox: Worst. App. Ever - lol,that's pretty harshAnyway, I think alot of people are missing the point on this one.Sure the graphics kinda suck, the James Bond theming is a bit odd and it's debatable as to whether this app could scale to

KHnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-91288544537746297122007-05-29T10:08:00.000+10:002007-05-29T10:15:44.759+10:00

I missed the Digg data visualisation competition in my last post but they've put up the 10 finalists now so it's probably a better time to mention it.Of particular interest is that a couple of entrants used Adobe's Apollo in their submissions. K

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-5977302593698848542007-05-21T09:29:00.001+10:002007-05-21T11:17:58.076+10:00

Saw this article - 16 Awesome Data Visualization Tools - on mashable the other day and have been meaning to post about it.Here's another one from google as well.I still believe that 2007 will be the year that data visualisation makes it big. Hopefully the increased number of interesting tools on popular sites is a sign that that prediction might be coming true.K

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-88637020121197462872007-05-11T16:54:00.000+10:002007-05-11T17:08:14.380+10:00

I'll agree - I've been very slack of late with the postingBetween a few separate projects I've been too busy to even think about posting - which isn't much of an excuse as it doesn't take long to put a few words up - but its the excuse I'm going to use :)Since the last post we had our first Sydney OpenCoffee Meeting. About 20 people showed up. It was great to hear about other people's experiences

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-26272779799815902192007-03-30T17:51:00.000+10:002007-03-30T18:02:42.171+10:00

I've been reading a bit about Saul Klein's brainchild - Open Coffee Club.Essentially its about making an informal (no name badges...ever!), regular (i.e. same place, same time) meeting spot where people know that if they want to roll up to meet other entrepreneurs, developers, investors, tech journalists or whatever, they can.Because I like the idea so much, I'm trying to organise (what I think

KHnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-77127110690594946502007-03-08T16:13:00.000+11:002007-03-08T16:16:14.643+11:00

Haven't been writing too much lately because I've been busy with so much other stuff.Anyway, One Eye Deer is getting closer to completion. The coding should be done soon and we can move on from there.I'm going to try and catch up on some reading to see what's been happening in the 2.0 world that's worth looking more closely at.In the meantime, its back to working on OED...we've got to release

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-86576416032545011012007-02-21T10:58:00.000+11:002007-02-21T11:12:34.204+11:00

Do we need this?When it comes to features on your new web app, sometimes this is a critical question. Now, of course this is more or less what 37signals have been saying for ages, i.e. keep it simple, but its good to revisit words of wisdom from time to time.For instance – I was reading a recent article on Mashable about the launch of SnowVision – essentially a YouTube clone with a skiing focus.

KHnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-36075957341873258602007-02-05T10:33:00.000+11:002007-02-05T10:42:03.961+11:00

PaidContent has information about “A Million Penguins” – which is book publisher Penguin’s experiment to see “whether a group of disparate and diverse people can create a believable fictional voice."Thing only launched last Thursday but I’ll do Penguin a favour and save them six weeks of waiting by telling them “No, it can’t” – or at least not in the way they want it to.Just as a reminder, or a

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-43480771132430476152007-02-01T16:04:00.000+11:002007-02-01T16:27:59.431+11:00

Nick Gonzalez over at Tech Crunch reports that Vizu Answers just got US$2.9M in funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). Even if DFJ got 130% of the company and points on all future earnings of all directors they still got robbed.This thing is doomed to fail because, quite simply, the information it provides the people who are paying for the service is completely useless. This type of polling

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-16415440272177152522007-01-29T14:27:00.000+11:002007-01-29T14:35:55.788+11:00

A belated Happy Australia Day to everyone! (for those who don't know it was actually on the 26th of January)With beautiful summer weather, Bondi Beach sea temperatures back up from the ridiculous 14C of last weekend to a reasonable 22C, OK surf conditions, 2 one-day international cricket games, the Australian Open Tennis Finals and a trip down the South Coast, I haven't really had the time or

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-37334786737828064222007-01-22T09:57:00.000+11:002007-01-23T09:54:03.357+11:00

There was a recent, seemingly innocuous, post over at Digg where a reader suggested that if Digg could be created for $200 then maybe the Digg community could work together to create their own version of MySpace. The working name is 'DuggSpace' although for obvious legal reasons, it won't stay like that.Mashable thinks it’s destined to fail. I think that's being short-sighted. There are obvious

KHnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-7114116007518786692007-01-15T17:34:00.000+11:002007-01-19T23:36:08.626+11:00

Anyone know where Umair Haque from Bubble Generation is these days?It's officially been one month since his last post and I find myself going back to his site, day after day, and being confronted with the same Pay(Pain)Pal story I've now read about 30 times.Throw us a freakin' bone Umair... :)

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-69348639774909566972007-01-13T17:50:00.000+11:002007-01-13T20:32:54.335+11:00

The idea of vertical search is not new. For those who have never heard of it here's the wikipedia definition.For those who have heard of it, you'll know that the hype has been around for a while. Om Malik wrote an article about it in March of 2005 - almost 2 years ago. That's an absolute eternity in terms of the new web app world but a quick search will find a plethora of reputable sources still

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-85139960141026859652007-01-12T12:53:00.000+11:002007-01-13T11:43:44.862+11:00

There's a great post over at Guy Kawasaki's blog about data visualisation.This is something I've been looking at for a while and I'm suprised that it's never reached the magical Tipping Point. It's definitely something we're going to be using at One Eye Deer and with all the data that's flying around these days, I feel it will soon be an important feature of many other innovative sites.The good

KHnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-43289347585828686242007-01-12T00:13:00.000+11:002007-01-12T12:45:22.800+11:00

Well - we're several months into development and it looks like it will be one or two more until we have a product ready to release.We're fans of lots of the principles in 37 Signals' excellent book "Getting Real" so we're trying to keep it as simple as possible for now, which is helping move things along.As we move closer to launch it's great to see stories like Nic Brisbourne’s "The next

KHnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179551781455364200.post-64616690745260738682007-01-11T23:55:00.000+11:002007-01-12T00:01:36.743+11:00

This has been some time in the making, so I'll keep in the intro short and hopefully let the posts speak for themselves.One Eye Deer is a project we're working on that will hopefully lead to big changes in the way that innovation happens within organisations of all sizes.I guess you could say it fits within the whole Web 2.0 thing, whatever your definition of that may be, so that will obviously

KHnoreply@blogger.com0