This post originally appeared July 19, 2011 on BetterProjects.net. My last couple posts have talked about what innovation is and is not, from a fairly high level. Before you asked, yes, I do know this is a blog about projects. :) While both of these posts were somewhat relieving an

This post originally appeared July 11, 2011 on BetterProjects.net. Last week, I did a post that catalogued a list of things innovation is not. I put this list together for two reasons: first, you hear all the time about what innovation is, but rarely about what its not. Second,

This post originally appeared July 6, 2011 on BetterProjects.net * It doesn’t mean ‘Not Invented Here’ * It doesn’t mean 'New is always better’ * It doesn’t mean 'Build for the sake of building’ * It doesn’t mean 'Winners finish first’ * It isn’t a way

This post originally appeared June 29, 2011 on BetterProjects.net A few months back, I finished reading a book by Steven Johnson called Where Good Ideas Come From. For a while now, I have intended to write a review of the book, but lets be honest, I suck at book

This post originally appeared June 23, 2011 on BetterProjects.net One of my favorite bloggers in the last year has become Timothy B. Lee. While I don’t always agree with some of his libertarian viewpoints, this guy always makes me think. He did so recently with his discussion about

This post originally appeared January 4, 2010 on BetterProjects.net The long-lasting light bulb. The phonograph. The motion picture camera. When we think of big successes in innovation, Thomas Edison’s name can’t help but make the list. The man holds 1,093 patents, making him one of the