As much as the internet has fueled innovation through the free exchange of ideas and collaboration with anyone across the globe, are we also remaking a market economy that only benefits those on top who control the mass lines of distribution? Wired considers the pitfalls of crowdsourcing - a phenome...

The ways our food is produced, packaged and shipped stand at the center of an ongoing debate about the health of our planet and ourselves, but the key to creating a sustainable system may rely on our collective ability to accept a realistic solution as a opposed to a perfect one. And this involves a...

Format wars are commonplace in the modern history of electronics. Even Thomas Edison had to deal with political and corporate wrangling for the format of his early wax audio cylinder records invented in 1877.  The dispute over which audio recording format would become the standard continued until 1...

As part of our ongoing NOLA Changemakers interview series we talked to Jon Guidroz, Director of Project Development at Free Flow Power, about his clean energy project and the unique spirit of NOLA. Can you tell us a little about what Free Flow Power does? Free Flow Power Corporation was founded to p...

I like Bruce Nussbaum’s list of what he’d like to see in The Stimulus Bill. The premise of his piece is that INNOVATION got a bit left out in the discussion and writing of the bill i.e., the process to get us to a healthy economy. Nussbaum does believe Obama has a vision for an America that is â...

We received an email the other day from Craig’s Kitchen, a community action group that supports their local soup kitchen in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn through fundraising and organizing volunteers. As an alternative for busy city dwellers who want to get involved but might not oth...

I’ve just been presenting and attending Feast Social Innovation Conference in New Orleans. If you don’t already know the smart team of ‘Millennials’ behind it, you should know: they are Alldaybuffet and this was the second in their next generation conferences and social entrepreneur events. ...

The following is from Andrew Jones, from a post titled, " Money, Debt, Recession and the Bible." He says... I was reading a little on the relationship between the Reformation and capitalism, but not enough to speak fluently and with......

For many, Google epitomizes the successful modern company, but like nearly every sector in the economy, they are being forced to slim down under the rippling effects of the recession.  The first step was to reduce the recruiting organization by 100 positions and slowly ratchet down new hires.  The...

I try really hard not to restrict my life in any way because of my age, but sometimes I admit to some intimidation.  MySpace was not and never will happen, but at the urging of my hip and kind daughter I have established a Facebook page.  I even have 4 friends.  Ok, they are all my...